Ai model development method and apparatus

ABSTRACT

An AI model development method and apparatus, in the field of AI technologies. A solution is as follows: a development platform obtains platform indication information, service indication information, and parameter requirement information of a to-be-generated AI model; selects, from an operator database, a plurality of available operators; selects an operator from the plurality of available operators, and sets a parameter of the selected operator to generate a first candidate policy; performs sample training on the first candidate policy to obtain a first candidate AI model; runs the first candidate AI model to execute processing on test data of the first service, so as to obtain a first running parameter; and, if the first running parameter matches the parameter requirement information, determines that the first candidate AI model is a target AI model.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2018/106566, filed on Sep. 19, 2018, which is hereby incorporatedby reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments relate to the field of artificial intelligence technologies,and in particular, to an artificial intelligence model developmentmethod and apparatus.

BACKGROUND

With the development of communications technologies and enhancement of aterminal computing capability, a mobile terminal gradually becomes anindispensable universal device in people's life, entertainment, work,and learning, and plays a role of a personal intelligent assistant. AIis a technology that is necessary for mobile terminals to implementartificial intelligence.

Traditionally, a cloud can obtain a plurality AI models through trainingbased on different service requirements. The mobile terminal maytransmit to-be-processed data to an AI service interface of the cloudthrough a network. The cloud processes the to-be-processed data by usinga corresponding AI model, and then transmits a processing result to themobile terminal through the AI service interface. However, as people paymore attention to personal privacy, increasingly strong demands foron-device AI models have been raised. The on-device AI model means thatan AI model is configured in a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminalprocesses to-be-processed data by using the AI model.

In a solution, dedicated AI processing chips such as a neural networkprocessing unit (NPU) chip and an intelligent video processing unit(VPU) chip may be carried in the mobile terminal. However, a developmentprocess of the foregoing dedicated AI processing chip is extremelycumbersome, and development costs are comparatively high.

In another solution, a cloud-based AI model may be configured on amobile terminal. However, the cloud-based AI model usually occupies alarge amount of memory space. In addition, the mobile terminal needs tohave a comparatively strong computing capability, so that a processingresult can be obtained within a comparatively short time by using the AImodel. As a result, AI models cannot be widely configured in mobileterminals. In some solutions, technologies such as tailoring andcompression on an AI model may be used to attempt to reduce a size of anAI model, and increase an operation speed of the AI model, so as toreduce a requirement on the mobile terminal. However, different mobileterminals have different systems and can provide different runningenvironments for the AI model, and different mobile terminals havedifferent requirements on performance (for example, power consumptionand storage space occupation) of the AI model. In the foregoingsolution, a developer with a comparatively high service capability isrequired to optimize a plurality of AI models one by one based on arunning environment of each terminal and a performance requirement foran AI model, resulting in a high difficulty in debugging andcomparatively high development costs.

SUMMARY

Embodiments provide an artificial intelligence (AI) model developmentmethod and apparatus, to develop, with comparatively low costs, an AImodel that satisfies a running environment and a performance requirementof a terminal.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment provides an AI modeldevelopment method. The method may include: a development platformobtains platform indication information, service indication information,and parameter requirement information of a to-be-generated AI model. Theplatform indication information is used to indicate a running platformon which the to-be-generated AI model is run, the service indicationinformation is used to indicate a first service to be executed by theto-be-generated AI model, and the parameter requirement information isused to indicate a requirement on a performance parameter of theto-be-generated AI model. The development platform selects, from anoperator database, a plurality of available operators that correspond tothe running platform and that are used to execute the first service. Thedevelopment platform selects an operator from the plurality of availableoperators, and sets a parameter of the selected operator, to generate afirst candidate policy. The development platform performs sampletraining on the first candidate policy to obtain a first candidate AImodel. The development platform invokes a simulator component of therunning platform to run the first candidate AI model to executeprocessing on test data of the first service, so as to obtain a firstrunning parameter. If the first running parameter matches the parameterrequirement information, the development platform determines that thefirst candidate AI model is a target AI model.

When the development platform generates the AI model, reference is madenot only to the platform indication information but also to arequirement on a performance parameter for running the AI model by therunning platform. Therefore, the AI model generated by the developmentplatform satisfies a running environment of the running platform, andmay be used to execute the first service, and a performance parametermeets a requirement on parameter requirement information when the firstservice is executed. In addition, the development platform mayautomatically generate, for different service requirements and differentrunning environments, model code runnable on the running platform, anddeploy the model code on the running platform.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible manner, afterdetermining that the first candidate AI model is the target AI model,the development platform may generate, based on the first candidate AImodel, model code runnable on the running platform. The developmentplatform may send the model code to the running platform. In this way,the running platform can run the model code to execute the firstservice.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible manner, the AImodel for executing the first service has a specific policy structure.The development platform adds a corresponding operator to the policystructure for the first service to obtain the first candidate policy.For example, the method for selecting, by the development platform froman operator database, a plurality of available operators that correspondto the running platform and that are used to execute the first servicemay include: the development platform determines a policy structure ofthe to-be-generated AI model based on the first service; and selects,from the operator database according to data processing logic, theplurality of available operators corresponding to the running platform.The policy structure is used to represent the data processing logic ofthe to-be-generated AI model, and the first candidate policy may begenerated by adding the operator to the policy structure according tothe data processing logic. The method for selecting, by the developmentplatform, an operator from the plurality of available operators, andsetting a parameter of the selected operator, to generate a firstcandidate policy may include: selecting the operator from the pluralityof available operators, adding the selected operator to the policystructure, and setting the parameter of the selected operator, togenerate the first candidate policy.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible manner, theparameter requirement information may include: at least one of: arequirement on power consumption for running the to-be-generated AImodel by the running platform, a requirement on precision of processingdata by running the to-be-generated AI model by the running platform, arequirement on a speed for processing data by running theto-be-generated AI model by the running platform, a requirement onstorage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model, and arequirement on storage space required by the running platform to run theto-be-generated AI model.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible manner, thefirst running parameter may not match the parameter requirementinformation. If the first running parameter does not match the parameterrequirement information, the development platform may obtain firstdifference information. The first difference information is used toindicate a difference between the first running parameter and theparameter requirement information. Then, the development platformadjusts the operator in the first candidate policy based on the firstdifference information, to obtain a second candidate policy. Thedevelopment platform performs sample training on the second candidatepolicy to obtain a second candidate AI model. The development platforminvokes the simulator component to run the second candidate AI model, soas to obtain a second running parameter. If the second running parametermatches the parameter requirement information, the development platformdetermines that the second candidate AI model is the target AI model.

That the development platform determines whether the first runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information may include: thedevelopment platform determines whether power consumption for runningthe first candidate AI model by the simulator component of the runningplatform is less than or equal to power consumption required by theparameter requirement information, the development platform determineswhether precision of processing data by the simulator component byrunning the first candidate AI model is higher than or equal toprecision required by the parameter requirement information, thedevelopment platform determines whether a speed for processing data bythe simulator component by running the first candidate AI model ishigher than or equal to a speed required by the parameter requirementinformation, and/or the development platform determines whether storagespace (that is, a running memory size used by the simulator component torun the first candidate AI model) occupied for running the firstcandidate AI model by the simulator component is less than or equal to arunning memory size required by the parameter requirement information.The running memory required by the parameter requirement information isstorage space occupied when the parameter requirement informationrequests the running platform to run the first candidate AI model.

If power consumption for running the first candidate AI model by thesimulator component is less than or equal to power consumption requiredby the parameter requirement information, precision of processing thedata by the simulator component by running the first candidate AI modelis higher than or equal to precision required by the parameterrequirement information, a speed for processing the data by thesimulator component by running the first candidate AI model is higherthan or equal to a speed required by the parameter requirementinformation, and storage space occupied for running the first candidateAI model by the simulator component is less than or equal to a runningmemory required by the parameter requirement information, it indicatesthat the first running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, and that the first candidate AI model meets a requirementof the parameter requirement information. If the first running parametermatches the parameter requirement information, and

the first running parameter does not meet any one of the followingconditions: “power consumption for running the first candidate AI modelby the simulator component is less than or equal to power consumptionrequired by the parameter requirement information”, “precision ofprocessing the data by the simulator component by running the firstcandidate AI model is higher than or equal to precision required by theparameter requirement information”, “a speed for processing the data bythe simulator component by running the first candidate AI model ishigher than or equal to a speed required by the parameter requirementinformation”, and “storage space occupied for running the firstcandidate AI model by the simulator component is less than or equal to arunning memory required by the parameter requirement information”, itindicates that the first running parameter does not match the parameterrequirement information.

If the first running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, the development platform may obtain a difference (that is,the first difference information) between the first running parameterand the parameter requirement information, to adjust the first candidatepolicy based on the first difference information and generate a newcandidate AI model, until the development platform obtains an AI modelthat meets a requirement of the parameter requirement information.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible manner, thedevelopment platform may modify an existing benchmark model, to generatean AI model that can be run on the running platform to execute the firstservice. For example, before generating the first candidate policy, thedevelopment platform may determine a benchmark model of the firstservice. The benchmark model is an AI model used to process the firstservice. In this case, the policy structure of the to-be-generated AImodel is a policy structure of the benchmark model, and the policystructure is used to represent data processing logic of the benchmarkmodel. The method for selecting, by the development platform, anoperator from the plurality of available operators, and setting aparameter of the selected operator, to generate a first candidate policymay include: the development platform randomly selects an operator fromthe plurality of available operators based on the policy structure ofthe benchmark model; replaces, with the randomly selected operator, anoperator that is in the benchmark model and that does not correspond tothe running platform; and adjusts a parameter of each operator, toobtain the first candidate policy.

The development platform may randomly select the operator from theplurality of available operators based on the policy structure of thebenchmark model; replaces, with the randomly selected operator, theoperator that is in the benchmark model and that does not correspond tothe running platform; and adjusts the parameter of each operator, toobtain the first candidate policy. The benchmark model is an AI modelused to execute the first service. In other words, when the developmentplatform generates the AI model, reference is made to the platformindication information. In addition, when the development platformgenerates the AI model, reference is further made to a requirement on aperformance parameter for running the AI model by the running platform.Therefore, the AI model generated by the development platform meets therunning environment of the running platform and may be used to executethe first service, and a performance parameter meets a requirement ofthe parameter requirement information when the first service isexecuted.

In addition, the development platform may automatically generate, fordifferent service requirements and different running environments, modelcode runnable on the running platform, and deploy the model code on therunning platform.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible manner, if thefirst running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, when the development platform 210 adjusts the firstcandidate policy, reference may be made not only to the first differenceinformation (that is, difference information between the first runningparameter and the parameter requirement information), but also todifference information (that is, second difference information) betweenthe first running parameter and a third running parameter obtained byexecuting processing on the test data of first service by the benchmarkmodel. For example, if the first running parameter does not match theparameter requirement information, the development platform obtains thefirst difference information and the second difference information; thedevelopment platform adjusts the operator in the first candidate policybased on the first difference information and the second differenceinformation, to obtain the second candidate policy; the developmentplatform performs sample training on the second candidate policy toobtain a second candidate AI model; the development platform invokes asimulator component to run the second candidate AI model, to obtain thesecond running parameter; if the second running parameter matches theparameter requirement information, the development platform determinesthat the second candidate AI model is the target AI model.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible manner, thefirst candidate policy generated by the development platform may notmeet a requirement of the foregoing parameter requirement information.For example, the parameter requirement information may include at leasta requirement on storage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model.The storage space to be occupied by the first candidate policy may begreater than storage space that the to-be-generated AI model is requiredto occupy in the parameter requirement information. After generating thefirst candidate policy, the development platform may compress the firstcandidate policy based on a compression algorithm, to obtain acompressed first candidate policy. Correspondingly, the developmentplatform performs sample training on the compressed first candidatepolicy to obtain the first candidate AI model.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible manner, aftergenerating the first candidate policy, the development platform mayencode the first candidate policy to obtain a binary string of the firstcandidate policy. The development platform may perform sample trainingon the binary string of the first candidate policy to obtain the firstcandidate AI model.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible manner, thefirst candidate policy generated by the development platform may notmeet a requirement of the foregoing parameter requirement information.For example, the parameter requirement information may include at leasta requirement on storage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model.Based on this, before performing sample training on the first candidatepolicy, the development platform may first determine whether the firstcandidate policy meets a preset condition. The preset conditionincludes: storage space required by the first candidate policy meets therequirement on the storage space occupied by the to-be-generated AImodel that is included in the parameter requirement information. Thatstorage space required by the first candidate policy meets therequirement on the storage space occupied by the to-be-generated AImodel that is included in the parameter requirement information meansthat the storage space to be occupied by the first candidate policy isless than the storage space that the to-be-generated AI model isrequired to occupy in the parameter requirement information. Thedevelopment platform may perform sample training on the first candidatepolicy that meets the preset condition, to obtain the first candidate AImodel.

After generating the first candidate policy, the development platformfirst determines whether the first candidate policy meets the presetcondition; and the development platform performs sample training on thefirst candidate policy that meets the preset condition, to obtain thefirst candidate AI model. In this way, a possibility that thedevelopment platform generates, based on a first candidate policy thatdoes not meet the preset condition, a first candidate AI model that doesnot meet the requirement of the parameter requirement information can bereduced, and efficiency of generating, by the development platform, anAI model that meets a requirement can be improved.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment provides a developmentplatform. The development platform includes a processor, a memory, and aplurality of simulator components. The memory and the plurality ofsimulator components are coupled to the processor. The plurality ofsimulator components include a simulator component of a runningplatform. The memory is configured to store computer program code. Thecomputer program code includes a computer instruction. When theprocessor executes the foregoing computer instruction, the processor isconfigured to: obtain platform indication information, serviceindication information, and parameter requirement information of ato-be-generated artificial intelligence AI model, where the platformindication information is used to indicate a running platform on whichthe to-be-generated AI model is run, the service indication informationis used to indicate a first service to be executed by theto-be-generated AI model, and the parameter requirement information isused to indicate a requirement on a performance parameter of theto-be-generated AI model; select, from an operator database, a pluralityof available operators that correspond to the running platform and thatare used to execute the first service, where the operator databasestores a plurality of operators used to generate an AI model; select anoperator from the plurality of available operators, and set a parameterof the selected operator, to generate a first candidate policy, wherethe first candidate policy includes a plurality of operators; andperform sample training on the first candidate policy to obtain a firstcandidate AI model. The processor is further configured to: invoke thesimulator component of the running platform in the plurality ofsimulator components to run the first candidate AI model to executeprocessing on test data of the first service, so as to obtain a firstrunning parameter; and if the first running parameter matches theparameter requirement information, determine that the first candidate AImodel is a target AI model.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible manner, the processoris further configured to: after determining that the first candidate AImodel is the target AI model, generate, based on the first candidate AImodel, model code runnable on the running platform.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible manner, thatthe processor is configured to select, from an operator database, aplurality of available operators that correspond to the running platformand that are used to execute the first service includes: the processoris configured to: determine a policy structure of the to-be-generated AImodel based on the first service, where the policy structure is used torepresent data processing logic of the to-be-generated AI model; add anoperator to the policy structure according to the data processing logicto generate the first candidate policy; and select, from the operatordatabase according to the data processing logic, the plurality ofavailable operators that correspond to the running platform. Theprocessor being configured to: select an operator from the plurality ofavailable operators, and set a parameter of the selected operator, togenerate a first candidate policy, includes: the processor is configuredto: select the operator from the plurality of available operators, addthe selected operator to the policy structure, and set the parameter ofthe selected operator, to generate the first candidate policy.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible manner, theprocessor is further configured to: obtain first difference informationif the first running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, where the first difference information is used to indicatea difference between the first running parameter and the parameterrequirement information; adjust the operator in the first candidatepolicy based on the first difference information, to obtain a secondcandidate policy; and perform sample training on the second candidatepolicy to obtain a second candidate AI model. The processor is furtherconfigured to: invoke the simulator component of the running platform torun the second candidate AI model, so as to obtain a second runningparameter; and if the second running parameter matches the parameterrequirement information, determine that the second candidate AI model isthe target AI model.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible manner, theprocessor is further configured to: before selecting the operator fromthe plurality of available operators, and setting the parameter of theselected operator, to generate the first candidate policy, determine abenchmark model of the first service. The benchmark model is an AI modelused to process the first service, the policy structure of theto-be-generated AI model is a policy structure of the benchmark model,and the policy structure is used to represent data processing logic ofthe benchmark model. The processor is configured to: select an operatorfrom the plurality of available operators, and set a parameter of theselected operator, to generate a first candidate policy includes: theprocessor is configured to: randomly select an operator from theplurality of available operators based on the policy structure of thebenchmark model; replace, with the randomly selected operator, anoperator that is in the benchmark model and that does not correspond tothe running platform; and adjust a parameter of each operator, to obtainthe first candidate policy.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible manner, theprocessor is further configured to: obtain first difference informationand second difference information if the first running parameter doesnot match the parameter requirement information, where the firstdifference information is used to indicate a difference between thefirst running parameter and the parameter requirement information, thesecond difference information is used to indicate a difference betweenthe first running parameter and a third running parameter, and the thirdrunning parameter is a running parameter obtained by executingprocessing on the test data of the first service by the benchmark model;adjust the operator in the first candidate policy based on the firstdifference information and the second difference information, to obtaina second candidate policy; and perform sample training on the secondcandidate policy to obtain a second candidate AI model. The processor isfurther configured to: invoke the simulator component of the runningplatform to run the second candidate AI model, so as to obtain a secondrunning parameter; and if the second running parameter matches theparameter requirement information, determine that the second candidateAI model is the target AI model.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible manner, theprocessor is further configured to: after generating the first candidatepolicy, compress the first candidate policy based on a compressionalgorithm, to obtain a compressed first candidate policy. The processorbeing configured to perform sample training on the first candidatepolicy to obtain a first candidate AI model includes: the processor isconfigured to perform sample training on the compressed first candidatepolicy to obtain the first candidate AI model.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible manner, theprocessor is further configured to: after generating the first candidatepolicy, encode the first candidate policy to obtain a binary string ofthe first candidate policy. The processor being configured to performsample training on the first candidate policy to obtain a firstcandidate AI model includes: the processor is configured to performsample training on the binary string of the first candidate policy toobtain the first candidate AI model.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible manner, theparameter requirement information includes at least one of: arequirement on power consumption for running the to-be-generated AImodel by the running platform, a requirement on precision of processingdata by running the to-be-generated AI model by the running platform, arequirement on a speed for processing data by running theto-be-generated AI model by the running platform, a requirement onstorage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model, and arequirement on storage space required by the running platform to run theto-be-generated AI model.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible manner, theparameter requirement information includes at least the requirement onthe storage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model. Theprocessor is further configured to: before performing sample training onthe first candidate policy to obtain the first candidate AI model,determine whether the first candidate policy meets a preset condition.The preset condition includes: storage space required by the firstcandidate policy meets the requirement on the storage space occupied bythe to-be-generated AI model that is included in the parameterrequirement information. The processor being configured to performsample training on the first candidate policy to obtain a firstcandidate AI model includes: the processor is configured to: if thefirst candidate policy meets the preset condition, perform sampletraining on the first candidate policy to obtain the first candidate AImodel.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment provides a developmentplatform. The development platform includes a constraint library, apolicy generator, an artificial intelligence AI model generator, anevaluator, a code generator, and a plurality of simulator components.The constraint library is configured to provide platform indicationinformation, service indication information, and parameter requirementinformation of a to-be-generated AI model. The platform indicationinformation is used to indicate a running platform on which theto-be-generated AI model is run, the service indication information isused to indicate a first service to be executed by the to-be-generatedAI model, and the parameter requirement information is used to indicatea requirement on a performance parameter of the to-be-generated AImodel. The policy generator is configured to: select, from an operatordatabase based on the platform indication information and the serviceindication information that are provided by the constraint library, aplurality of available operators that correspond to the running platformand that are used to execute the first service, where the operatordatabase stores a plurality of operators used to generate an AI model;and select an operator from the plurality of available operators, andset a parameter of the selected operator, to generate a first candidatepolicy. The first candidate policy includes a plurality of operators.The AI model generator is configured to perform sample training on thefirst candidate policy generated by the policy generator, to obtain afirst candidate AI model. The evaluator is configured to: invoke thesimulator component of the running platform to run the first candidateAI model generated by the AI model generator, to execute processing ontest data of the first service, so as to obtain a first runningparameter; and determine whether the first running parameter matches theparameter requirement information provided by the constraint library.The simulator component of the running platform is one of a plurality ofsimulator components. The code generator is configured to: if theevaluator determines that the first running parameter matches theparameter requirement information, generate, based on the firstcandidate AI model generated by the AI model generator, model coderunnable on the running platform.

With reference to the third aspect, in a possible manner, that thepolicy generator is configured to: select, from an operator database, aplurality of available operators that correspond to the running platformand that are used to execute the first service includes: the policygenerator is configured to: determine a policy structure of theto-be-generated AI model based on the first service, where the policystructure is used to represent data processing logic of theto-be-generated AI model; and select, from the operator databaseaccording to the data processing logic, the plurality of availableoperators that correspond to the running platform. The policy generatoris configured to: select an operator from the plurality of availableoperators, and set a parameter of the selected operator, to generate afirst candidate policy, where the first candidate policy includes aplurality of operators, includes: the policy generator is configured to:select the operator from the plurality of available operators, add theselected operator to the policy structure, and set the parameter of theselected operator, to generate the first candidate policy.

With reference to the third aspect, in another possible manner, theevaluator is further configured to obtain first difference informationif the first running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation. The first difference information is used to indicate adifference between the first running parameter and the parameterrequirement information. The policy generator is further configured toadjust the operator in the first candidate policy based on the firstdifference information, to obtain a second candidate policy. The AImodel generator is further configured to perform sample training on thesecond candidate policy generated by the policy generator, to obtain asecond candidate AI model. The evaluator is further configured to:invoke the simulator component of the running platform to run the secondcandidate AI model generated by the AI model generator, to obtain asecond running parameter; and determine whether the second runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information. The simulatorcomponent of the running platform is one of a plurality of simulatorcomponents. The code generator is further configured to: if theevaluator determines that the second running parameter matches theparameter requirement information, generate, based on the secondcandidate AI model generated by the AI model generator, model coderunnable on the running platform.

With reference to the third aspect, in another possible manner, thepolicy generator is configured to: before selecting the operator fromthe plurality of available operators, and setting the parameter of theselected operator, to generate the first candidate policy, select abenchmark model of the first service from a benchmark model database.The benchmark model is an AI model used to process the first service,the policy structure of the to-be-generated AI model is a policystructure of the benchmark model, and the policy structure is used torepresent data processing logic of the benchmark model; and thebenchmark model database stores a plurality of AI models. The policygenerator being configured to: select an operator from the plurality ofavailable operators, and set a parameter of the selected operator, togenerate a first candidate policy includes: the policy generator isconfigured to: randomly select an operator from the plurality ofavailable operators based on the policy structure of the benchmarkmodel; replace, with the randomly selected operator, an operator that isin the benchmark model and that does not correspond to the runningplatform; and adjust a parameter of each operator, to obtain the firstcandidate policy.

With reference to the third aspect, in another possible manner, theevaluator is further configured to obtain first difference informationand second difference information if the first running parameter doesnot match the parameter requirement information. The first differenceinformation is used to indicate a difference between the first runningparameter and the parameter requirement information, the seconddifference information is used to indicate a difference between thefirst running parameter and a third running parameter, and the thirdrunning parameter is a running parameter obtained by executingprocessing on the test data of the first service by the benchmark model.The policy generator is further configured to adjust the operator in thefirst candidate policy based on the first difference information and thesecond difference information, to obtain a second candidate policy. TheAI model generator is further configured to perform sample training onthe second candidate policy generated by the policy generator, to obtaina second candidate AI model. The evaluator is further configured to:invoke the simulator component of the running platform to run the secondcandidate AI model generated by the AI model generator, to obtain asecond running parameter; and determine whether the second runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information. The simulatorcomponent of the running platform is one of a plurality of simulatorcomponents. The code generator is further configured to: if theevaluator determines that the second running parameter matches theparameter requirement information, generate, based on the secondcandidate AI model generated by the AI model generator, model coderunnable on the running platform.

With reference to the third aspect, in another possible manner, thepolicy generator is further configured to: after generating the firstcandidate policy, compress the first candidate policy based on acompression algorithm, to obtain a compressed first candidate policy.The AI model generator is configured to perform sample training on thefirst candidate policy compressed by the policy generator, to obtain thefirst candidate AI model.

With reference to the third aspect, in another possible manner, thepolicy generator is further configured to: after generating the firstcandidate policy, encode the first candidate policy to obtain a binarystring of the first candidate policy. The AI model generator isconfigured to perform sample training on the binary string of the firstcandidate policy to obtain the first candidate AI model.

With reference to the third aspect, in another possible manner, theparameter requirement information includes at least one of: arequirement on power consumption for running the to-be-generated AImodel by the running platform, a requirement on precision of processingdata by running the to-be-generated AI model by the running platform, arequirement on a speed for processing data by running theto-be-generated AI model by the running platform, a requirement onstorage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model, and arequirement on storage space required by the running platform to run theto-be-generated AI model.

With reference to the third aspect, in another possible manner, theparameter requirement information includes at least the requirement onthe storage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model. The AI modelgenerator is further configured to: before performing sample training onthe first candidate policy to obtain the first candidate AI model,determine whether the first candidate policy meets a preset condition.The preset condition includes: storage space required by the firstcandidate policy meets the requirement on the storage space occupied bythe to-be-generated AI model that is included in the parameterrequirement information. The AI model generator being configured toperform sample training on the first candidate policy to obtain a firstcandidate AI model includes: the AI model generator is configured to: ifthe first candidate policy meets the preset condition, perform sampletraining on the first candidate policy to obtain the first candidate AImodel.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment provides a computer storagemedium. The computer storage medium includes a computer instruction.When the computer instruction is run on a development platform, thedevelopment platform is enabled to perform the AI model developmentmethod according to any one of the first aspect and the possible mannersof the first aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment provides a computer programproduct. When the computer program product is run on a computer, thecomputer is enabled to perform the AI model development method accordingto any one of the first aspect and the possible manners of the firstaspect.

In addition, for effects brought by the development platform accordingto any one of the second aspect, the third aspect, the manners of thesecond aspect, or the manners of the third aspect, effects brought bythe computer storage medium according to the fourth aspect, and effectsbrought by the computer program product according to the fifth aspect,refer to the effects brought by the first aspect and the differentmanners of the first aspect. Details are not described herein again.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of hardware of an electronicdevice according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a system network structureto which an AI model development method is applied according to anembodiment;

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are a first flowchart of an AI model developmentmethod according to an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example of a policy structureaccording to an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a first schematic diagram of an example of a first candidatepolicy according to an embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a second schematic diagram of an example of a first candidatepolicy according to an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a first schematic diagram of a principle of an AI modeldevelopment method according to an embodiment;

FIG. 8A-1 and FIG. 8A-2 are a second schematic diagram of a principle ofan AI model development method according to an embodiment;

FIG. 8B-1 and FIG. 8B-2 are a second flowchart of an AI modeldevelopment method according to an embodiment;

FIG. 8C-1 and FIG. 8C-2 are a third schematic diagram of a principle ofan AI model development method according to an embodiment;

FIG. 9A to FIG. 9C are a third flowchart of an AI model developmentmethod according to an embodiment;

FIG. 10(a) and FIG. 10(b) are a schematic diagram of an example of abenchmark model according to an embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an example of an AI model specific foran OCR service according to an embodiment;

FIG. 12(a) and FIG. 12(b) is a schematic structural diagram of anexample of a convolutional block and a convolutional layer in the AImodel specific for the OCR service shown in FIG. 11; and

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of composition of adevelopment platform according to an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The embodiments provide an artificial intelligence (AI) modeldevelopment method applicable to an AI model development process. In theembodiments, a development platform may generate an AI model based onindication information (that is, platform indication information) of arunning platform of a to-be-generated AI model, a service to beprocessed by the AI model, and a requirement on a performance parameterused by the running platform to run the AI model. Then, the developmentplatform may generate, based on the generated AI model with reference tothe indication information of the running platform, model code runnableon the running platform. The development platform can deliver the modelcode to the running platform (that is, a terminal), to deploy the modelcode on the running platform. In this case, the running platform canexecute the model code to run the AI model.

When the development platform generates the AI model, reference is madenot only to indication information of a running platform on which the AImodel is to be run, but also to a requirement on a performance parameterused for the running platform to run the AI model. Therefore, the AImodel generated by the development platform satisfies a runningenvironment and a performance requirement of the running platform (thatis, the terminal). In addition, in the embodiments, the developmentplatform may automatically generate, for different service requirementsand different running environments, model code runnable on the runningplatform, and deploy the model code on the running platform.

For example, the development platform in the embodiments may be a devicethat has comparatively strong computing and storage capabilities, suchas a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer, or a cloud server. Therunning platform in the embodiments may be a portable computer (such asa mobile phone), a notebook computer, a PC, a wearable electronic device(such as a smartwatch), a tablet computer, an augmented reality (AR)device\a virtual reality (VR) device, an in-vehicle computer, or thelike. A specific form of the terminal is not limited in the followingembodiments.

It should be noted that the development platform is configured with asimulator component of the running platform. After generating an AImodel, the development platform may simulate running of the AI model onthe simulator component of the running platform, to obtain a performanceparameter used for the simulator component to run the AI model. In thisway, the development platform can determine whether the obtainedperformance parameter meets a requirement on the performance parameterused for the running platform to run the AI model.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a running platform accordingto an embodiment. The running platform may be an electronic device 100shown in FIG. 1. The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110,an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universalserial bus (USB) interface 130, a charging management module 140, apower management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2,a mobile communications module 150, a wireless communications module160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone170C, a headset jack 170D, a sensor module 180, a key 190, a motor 191,an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, a subscriber identitymodule (SIM) card interface 195, and the like. The sensor module 180 mayinclude a pressure sensor 180A, a gyro sensor 180B, a barometricpressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor180E, a distance sensor 180F, an optical proximity sensor 180G, afingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K,an ambient light sensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and thelike.

It may be understood that a structure shown in this embodiment does notconstitute a limitation to the electronic device 100. In some otherembodiments, the electronic device 100 may include more or fewercomponents than those shown in the figure, or combine some components,or split some components, or have different component arrangements. Thecomponents shown in the figure may be implemented by hardware, software,or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 110 may include an application processor (a modemprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), an image signal processor(ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signal processor(DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural processing unit (NPU).Different processing units may be independent devices or may beintegrated into one or more processors.

The controller may be a nerve center and a command center of theelectronic device 100. The controller may generate an operation controlsignal based on instruction operation code and a time sequence signal,to complete control of instruction reading and instruction execution.

A memory may be further disposed in the processor 110 and is configuredto store an instruction and data. In some embodiments, the memory in theprocessor 110 is a cache. The memory may store an instruction or datathat has been used or cyclically used by the processor 110. If theprocessor 110 needs to use the instruction or the data again, theprocessor 110 may directly invoke the instruction or the data from thememory, to avoid repeated access and reduce a waiting time of theprocessor 110, thereby improving efficiency of a system.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or moreinterfaces. The interfaces may include an integrated circuit (I2C)interface, an inter-integrated circuit sound (I2S) interface, a pulsecode modulation (PCM) interface, a universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter (UART) interface, a mobile industry processorinterface (MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, asubscriber identity module (SIM) interface, a USB interface, and/or thelike.

It may be understood that an interface connection relationship betweenthe modules that is shown in this embodiment is merely an example fordescription, and does not constitute a limitation to the structure ofthe electronic device 100. In some other embodiments, the electronicdevice 100 may alternatively use an interface connection mannerdifferent from that in the foregoing embodiment, or a combination of aplurality of interface connection manners.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive a charginginput from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wiredcharger. In some embodiments of wired charging, the charging managementmodule 140 may receive a charging input from a wired charger through aUSB interface 130. In some embodiments of wireless charging, thecharging management module 140 may receive a wireless charging inputthrough a wireless charging coil of the electronic device 100. Thecharging management module 140 may further supply power to theelectronic device through the power management module 141 while chargingthe battery 142.

The power management module 141 is configured to connect to the battery142, the charging management module 140, and the processor 110. Thepower management module 141 receives an input of the battery 142 and/orthe charging management module 140, and supplies power to the processor110, the internal memory 121, an external memory, the display 194, thecamera 193, the wireless communications module 160, and the like.

A wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may beimplemented through the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunications module 150, the wireless communications module 160, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like. The antenna 1 andthe antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receive an electromagneticwave signal. Each antenna in the electronic device 100 may be configuredto cover one or more communications frequency bands. Different antennasmay be further multiplexed, to improve antenna utilization. For example,the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as a diversity antenna in a wirelesslocal area network. In some other embodiments, an antenna may be used incombination with a tuning switch.

The mobile communications module 150 can provide a wirelesscommunication solution that is applied to the electronic device 100 andthat includes 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and the like. The mobile communicationsmodule 150 may include at least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier,a low noise amplifier (LNA), and the like. The mobile communicationsmodule 150 may receive an electromagnetic wave through the antenna 1,perform processing such as filtering or amplification on the receivedelectromagnetic wave, and transmit the electromagnetic wave to the modemprocessor for demodulation. The mobile communications module 150 mayfurther amplify a signal modulated by the modem processor and convert anamplified signal into an electromagnetic wave for radiation through theantenna 1. In some embodiments, at least some function modules of themobile communications module 150 may be disposed in the processor 110.In some embodiments, at least some function modules of the mobilecommunications module 150 may be disposed in a same device as at leastsome modules of the processor 110.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. In someembodiments, the modem processor may be an independent device. In someother embodiments, the modem processor may be independent of theprocessor 110 and is disposed in a same device as the mobilecommunications module 150 or another function module.

The wireless communications module 160 may provide a wirelesscommunication solution that is applied to the electronic device 100 andthat includes a wireless local area network (WLAN) (for example, awireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network), Bluetooth (BT), a global navigationsatellite system (GNSS), frequency modulation (FM), near fieldcommunication (NFC), an infrared (IR) technology, and the like. Thewireless communications module 160 may be one or more componentsintegrating at least one communications processor module. The wirelesscommunications module 160 receives an electromagnetic wave through theantenna 2, performs frequency modulation and filtering processing on anelectromagnetic wave signal, and sends a processed signal to theprocessor 110. The wireless communications module 160 may furtherreceive a to-be-sent signal from the processor 110, perform frequencymodulation and amplification on the signal, and convert an amplifiedsignal into an electromagnetic wave for radiation through the antenna 2.

In some embodiments, the antenna 1 and the mobile communications module150 of the electronic device 100 are coupled, and the antenna 2 and thewireless communications module 160 of the electronic device 100 arecoupled, so that the electronic device 100 can communicate with anetwork and another device based on a wireless communicationstechnology. The wireless communications technology may include a globalsystem for mobile communications (GSM), a general packet radio service(GPRS), code division multiple access ( ), wideband code divisionmultiple access (WCDMA), time-division code division multiple access(TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (LTE), BT, a GNSS, a WLAN, NFC, FM, anIR technology, and/or the like. The GNSS may include a globalpositioning system (GPS), a global navigation satellite system(GLONASS), a Beidou navigation satellite system (BDS), a quasi-zenithsatellite system (QZSS), and/or a satellite-based augmentation system(SBAS).

The electronic device 100 implements a display function by using theGPU, the display 194, the application processor, and the like. The GPUis a microprocessor for image processing and connects the display 194and the application processor. The GPU is configured to: performmathematical and geometric calculation and render an image. Theprocessor 110 may include one or more GPUs and execute a programinstruction to generate or change display information.

The display 194 is configured to display an image, a video, and thelike. The display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may bea liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED),an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED), a flexiblelight-emitting diode (FLED), a mini-LED, a micro-LED, a micro-OLED, aquantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), or the like. In someembodiments, the electronic device 100 may include one or N displays194, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

The electronic device 100 may implement a photographing function byusing the ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display194, the application processor, and the like.

The ISP is configured to process data fed back by the camera 193. Forexample, during photographing, a shutter is opened, light is transmittedto a light-sensitive element of the camera through a lens, and anoptical signal is converted into an electrical signal. Thelight-sensitive element of the camera transmits the electrical signal tothe ISP for processing and converts a processed signal into a visibleimage. The ISP may further perform algorithm optimization on noise,brightness, and complexion of the image. The ISP may further optimizeparameters such as exposure and a color temperature of a photographingscenario. In some embodiments, the ISP may be disposed in the camera193.

The camera 193 is configured to capture a static image or a video. Anoptical image of an object is generated through the lens and isprojected to the light-sensitive element. The light-sensitive elementmay be a charge-coupled device (CCD) or a complementarymetal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistor. The light-sensitiveelement converts an optical signal into an electrical signal, and thentransmits the electrical signal to the ISP to convert the electricalsignal into a digital image signal. The ISP outputs the digital imagesignal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital imagesignal into an image signal in a standard format such as RGB or YUV. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include one or N cameras193, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

The NPU is a neural-network (NN) computing processor, quickly processesinput information with reference to a structure of a biological neuralnetwork, for example, with reference to a mode of transmission betweenhuman brain neurons, and may further continuously perform self-learning.The NPU can implement applications such as intelligent cognition of theelectronic device 100, for example, image recognition, facialrecognition, speech recognition, and text understanding. For example,the NPU can run model code of an AI model in the embodiments, to performservices such as image recognition, facial recognition, speechrecognition, and text understanding.

The external memory interface 120 may be configured to connect to anexternal memory card, for example, a micro SD card, to extend a storagecapability of the electronic device 100. The external memory cardcommunicates with the processor 110 through the external memoryinterface 120, to implement a data storage function. For example, amusic file, a video file, or another file is stored in the externalmemory card.

The internal memory 121 may be configured to store computer-executableprogram code. The executable program code includes an instruction. Theprocessor 110 runs the instruction stored in the internal memory 121 toperform various function applications of the electronic device 100 andprocess data. The internal memory 121 may include a program storage areaand a data storage area. The program storage area may store an operatingsystem, an application required by at least one function (for example, asound playing function or an image playing function), and the like. Thedata storage area may store data (such as audio data and an addressbook) created during use of the electronic device 100, and the like. Inaddition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random accessmemory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, for example, atleast one magnetic disk storage device, a flash storage device, or auniversal flash storage (UFS). For example, the memory (for example, theinternal memory 121) may be configured to store model code of an AImodel.

The electronic device 100 can implement an audio function such as musicplaying or recording by using the audio module 170, the speaker 170A,the receiver 170B, the microphone 170C, the headset jack 170D, theapplication processor, and the like. The audio module 170 is configuredto convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal foroutput and is also configured to convert an analog audio input into adigital audio signal. The audio module 170 may be further configured toencode and decode an audio signal. In some embodiments, the audio module170 may be disposed in the processor 110, or some function modules ofthe audio module 170 are disposed in the processor 110.

The key 190 includes a power key, a volume key, and the like. The key190 may be a mechanical key or may be a touch key. The electronic device100 may receive a key input and generate a key signal input related touser settings and function control of the electronic device 100.

The motor 191 may generate a vibration prompt. The motor 191 may beconfigured to provide a vibration prompt for an incoming call and atouch vibration feedback. The indicator 192 may be an indicator light;and may be configured to indicate a charging status and a power change,or may be configured to indicate a message, a missed call, anotification, and the like.

The SIM card interface 195 is configured to connect to a SIM card. TheSIM card may be inserted into the SIM card interface 195 or plugged outof the SIM card interface 195, to implement contact with or separationfrom the electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may supportone or N SIM card interfaces, where N is a positive integer greaterthan 1. The SIM card interface 195 may support a nano SIM card, a microSIM card, a SIM card, and the like. A plurality of cards may be insertedinto a same SIM card interface 195 at the same time. The plurality ofcards may be of a same type or different types. The SIM card interface195 may be further compatible with different types of SIM cards. The SIMcard interface 195 may be further compatible with an external memorycard. The electronic device 100 interacts with a network by using theSIM card, to implement a call function, a data communication function,and the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 uses aneSIM card, that is, an embedded SIM card. The eSIM card may be embeddedinto the electronic device 100 and cannot be separated from theelectronic device 100.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture formed of adevelopment platform and a running platform according to an embodiment.As shown in FIG. 2, the system includes a development platform 200 and arunning platform 210. The development platform 200 can perform the AImodel development method provided in the embodiments, to generate modelcode of an AI model. The development platform 200 may transmit thegenerated model code to the running platform 210. In this case, therunning platform 210 can execute the model code to run the AI model.

An embodiment provides an AI model development method applied to thedevelopment platform 200 shown in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 3A and FIG.3B, the AI model development method may include the following steps.

S301: The development platform 200 obtains platform indicationinformation, service indication information, and parameter requirementinformation of a to-be-generated AI model.

The platform indication information is used to indicate a runningplatform 210 on which the to-be-generated AI model is run. The platformindication information may be an identifier of the running platform 210on which the to-be-generated AI model is run. For example, the platformindication information may indicate that the running platform 210 onwhich the to-be-generated AI model is run is a Huawei Mate 10. Theplatform indication information may be an identifier of the Huawei Mate10.

The service indication information is used to indicate services to beexecuted by the to-be-generated AI model. The services in thisembodiment may include text recognition, image recognition, naturallanguage processing, and the like. For example, the text recognition maybe optical character recognition (OCR), and the image recognition may beface recognition.

The parameter requirement information is used to indicate a requirementon a performance parameter used for the running platform 210 to run theto-be-generated AI model. For example, the parameter requirementinformation may include at least one of: a requirement on powerconsumption for running the to-be-generated AI model by the runningplatform 210, a requirement on precision of processing data by runningthe to-be-generated AI model by the running platform 210, a requirementon a speed for processing data by running the to-be-generated AI modelby the running platform 210, a requirement on storage space occupied bythe to-be-generated AI model, and a requirement on storage spacerequired by the running platform 210 to run the to-be-generated AImodel.

In an implementation, the development platform 200 may provide a settinginterface for a developer to set the platform indication information,the service indication information, and the parameter requirementinformation. The setting interface is displayed on the developmentplatform 200. The setting interface may include a plurality of settingoptions, for example, a running-platform setting option, a servicesetting option, a power-consumption setting option, a precision settingoption, a speed setting option, and a storage space setting option. Therunning-platform setting option is used to set the running platform onwhich the to-be-generated AI model is run. The service setting option isused to set a service to be processed by the to-be-generated AI model.The power-consumption setting option is used to set a requirement onpower consumption for running the to-be-generated AI model by therunning platform. The precision setting option is used to set arequirement on precision of processing data by running theto-be-generated AI model by the running platform. The speed settingoption is used to set a requirement on a speed for processing data byrunning the to-be-generated AI model by the running platform. Thestorage-space setting option is used to set a requirement on storagespace occupied for running the to-be-generated AI model by the runningplatform. The development platform 200 may receive a setting operationperformed by a user on each setting option through the settinginterface, to obtain the platform indication information, the serviceindication information, and the parameter requirement information.

In another implementation, the development platform 200 may receiveplatform indication information, service indication information, andparameter requirement information that are sent by another device (forexample, the running platform 210).

S302: The development platform 200 selects, from an operator database, aplurality of available operators that correspond to the running platform210 and that are used to execute a first service. The operator databasestores a plurality of operators used to generate an AI model.

For example, the operator database may store a plurality of operatorsbased on operator types. Based on the operator types, the plurality ofoperators can be classified into a convolution operator, a deconvolution(deConv) operator, a sum operator, a batch normalization operator, ascaling (scale) operator, an activation function (ReLu/Sigmoid)operator, and the like. The operators in this embodiment include, butare not limited to, the convolution operator, the deconvolutionoperator, the sum operator, the batch standardization operator, thescale change operator, and the activation function operator. Theoperator database may include operators used to generate various AImodels.

For example, the operator database may store a plurality of operators byusing an operator information table shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Operator Information Table Operator Type Operator RunningPlatform Convolution operator Convolution operator 1 Running platform210 Running platform b Convolution operator 2 Running platform a Runningplatform c Convolution operator 3 Running platform c Convolutionoperator 4 Running platform 210 . . . . . . Convolution operator mRunning platform m Deconvolution Deconvolution operator 1 Runningplatform 210 operator Running platform c Deconvolution operator 2Running platform c . . . . . . Deconvolution operator n Running platform210 Sum operator Sum operator 1 Running platform 210 Running platform bSum operator 2 Running platform b Sum operator 3 Running platform 210 .. . . . . Sum operator p Running platform e Batch standardization Batchstandardization Running platform b operator operator 1 Batchstandardization Running platform 210 operator 2 . . . Batchstandardization Running platform c operator q Scaling operator Scalingoperator 1 Running platform b Running platform c . . . . . . Scalingoperator h Running platform 210 . . . . . . . . . Activation functionActivation function Running platform 210 operator operator 1 Runningplatform c Activation function Running platform c operator 2 . . . . . .Activation function Running platform d operator k

As shown in Table 1, a plurality of types of operators such as theconvolution operator, the deconvolution operator, the sum operator, thebatch standardization operator, the scaling operator, and the activationfunction operator may be stored in the operator database. In addition,for each type of operators, a plurality of operators that can be run ondifferent running platforms are stored in the operator database. Forexample, as shown in Table 1, for the convolution operator, theconvolution operator 1 and a convolution operator 4 that can be run onthe running platform 210, the convolution operator 1 that can be run onthe running platform b, the convolution operator 2 and the convolutionoperator 3 that can be run on the running platform c, and the like arestored in the operator database.

It should be noted that the operator database in this embodiment may bestored in the development platform 200. Alternatively, the operatordatabase may be stored in a cloud server. The development platform 200may read data from the operator database in the cloud server, to selecta plurality of available operators from the operator database.

For example, a running platform indicated by the platform indicationinformation is the running platform 210, and the first service indicatedby the service indication information is a service a. Refer to anavailable-operator table shown in Table 2. As shown in Table 2, it isassumed that available operators used to execute the service a include aconvolution operator, a deconvolution operator, a sum operator, and anactivation function operator. It can be understood from Table 1 that, asshown in Table 2, a convolution operator corresponding to the runningplatform 210 in the operator database includes the convolution operator1 and the convolution operator 4, that is, the convolution operator 1and the convolution operator 4 may be run on the running platform 210; adeconvolution operator corresponding to the running platform 210 in theoperator database includes the deconvolution operator 1 and thedeconvolution operator n, that is, the deconvolution operator 1 and thedeconvolution operator n may run be on the running platform 210; a sumoperator corresponding to the running platform 210 in the operatordatabase includes the sum operator 1 and the sum operator 3, that is,the sum operator 1 and the sum operator 3 may be run on the runningplatform 210; and an activation function operator corresponding to therunning platform 210 in the operator database includes the activationfunction operator 1, that is, the activation function operator 1 may berun on the running platform 210.

TABLE 2 Table of Available Operators for a Service a Convolutio operatorConvolution operator 1 Convolution operator 4 Deconvolution operatorDeconvolution operator 1 Deconvolution operator n Sum operator Sumoperator 1 Sum operator 3 Activation function operator Activationfunction operator 1

A specific policy structure is provided for an AI model for executingeach service. For example, it is assumed that the service indicationinformation is used to indicate that a service to be processed by theto-be-generated AI model is the service a. After determining the servicea based on the service indication information, the development platform200 can determine a policy structure of the AI model for executing theservice a, that is, the policy structure of the to-be-generated AImodel. The policy structure of the AI model may represent dataprocessing logic used when the AI model executes a service.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example of the policy structure ofthe AI model for executing the service a. The policy structure 400 shownin FIG. 4 includes convolution operators, a deconvolution operator, asum operator, and an activation function operator. Logic, represented bythe policy structure 400 shown in FIG. 4, of processing data by the AImodel is as follows: a convolution operator (a convolution operator X)processes data 401 (to-be-processed data) and outputs data 402. Anotherconvolution operator (a convolution operator K) processes the data 402and outputs data 404. The activation function operator processes thedata 402 to obtain data 403. The deconvolution operator processes thedata 403 to obtain data 405. The sum operator processes the data 404 andthe data 405 to obtain data 406. Another convolution operator (aconvolution operator Y) processes the data 406 to obtain a processingresult.

After determining the policy structure of the AI model for executing thefirst service (for example, the service a), the development platform 200may select, from the operator database based on the data processinglogic represented by the policy structure, a plurality of availableoperators corresponding to the running platform 210. For example, afterdetermining that the policy structure of the AI model of the service ais the policy structure 400 shown in FIG. 4, the development platform200 can determine that the policy structure 400 shown in FIG. 4 includesthe convolution operators, the deconvolution operator, the sum operator,and the activation function operator. Then the development platform mayselect, from the operator database, the plurality of convolutionoperators, the deconvolution operator, the sum operator, and theactivation function operator that correspond to the running platform210. For example, the development platform 200 may select, from theplurality of operators shown in Table 1, a plurality of availableoperators shown in Table 2.

S303: The development platform 200 selects an operator from theplurality of available operators, and sets a parameter of the selectedoperator, to generate a first candidate policy.

The first candidate policy includes a plurality of operators. The firstcandidate policy is used to represent data processing logic of theto-be-generated AI model.

The development platform 200 may determine the policy structure of theAI model for executing the first service. Then the development platform200 may randomly select an operator from the plurality of availableoperators, add the selected operator to the policy structure, and set aparameter of the selected operator, to obtain the first candidatepolicy. The development platform 200 selects the operator from theplurality of available operators based on the platform indicationinformation, and sets the parameter of the selected operator, togenerate one or more first candidate policies.

With reference to the foregoing example, the development platform 200may randomly select the operator from the available operators shown inTable 2 and add the selected operator to the policy structure 400 shownin FIG. 4.

For example, the development platform 200 may randomly select theconvolution operator 1 from Table 2 and add the convolution operator 1to the convolution operator X shown in FIG. 4, select the convolutionoperator 4 from Table 2 and add the convolution operator 4 to theconvolution operator K shown in FIG. 4, select the activation functionoperator 1 from Table 2 and add the activation function operator 1 tothe activation function operator shown in FIG. 4, select thedeconvolution operator 1 from Table 2 and add the deconvolution operator1 to the deconvolution operator shown in FIG. 4, select the sum operator1 from Table 2 and add the sum operator 1 to the sum operator shown inFIG. 4, and select the convolution operator 4 from Table 2 and add theconvolution operator 4 to the convolution operator Y shown in FIG. 4, toobtain a first candidate policy 500 shown in FIG. 5.

For another example, the development platform 200 may randomly selectthe convolution operator 4 from Table 2 and add the convolution operator4 to the convolution operator X shown in FIG. 4, select the convolutionoperator 4 from Table 2 and add the convolution operator 4 to theconvolution operator K shown in FIG. 4, select the activation functionoperator 1 from Table 2 and add the activation function operator 1 tothe activation function operator shown in FIG. 4, select thedeconvolution operator n from Table 2 and add the deconvolution operatorn to the deconvolution operator shown in FIG. 4, select the sum operator3 from Table 2 and add the sum operator 3 to the sum operator shown inFIG. 4, and select the convolution operator 4 from Table 2 and add theconvolution operator 4 to the convolution operator Y shown in FIG. 4, toobtain a first candidate policy 600 shown in FIG. 6.

After adding an operator to the policy structure, the developmentplatform 200 may set a parameter of the operator. The developmentplatform 200 may randomly set the parameter of the operator added to thepolicy structure. For example, in an example of a convolution operator,a parameter of the convolution operator may be a convolution kernel sizeof the convolution operator. For example, the development platform 200may set a convolution kernel size of the convolution operator 1 shown inFIGS. 5 to 2 x 2, that is, the convolution operator 1 shown in FIG. 5may perform a 2 x 2 convolution operation on data that is input into theconvolution operator 1.

S304: The development platform 200 performs sample training on the firstcandidate policy to obtain a first candidate AI model.

For each service, the development platform 200 may store a plurality ofpieces of sample data used for sample training. The development platform200 may perform sample training on the first candidate policy based onsample data corresponding to the first service, to obtain the firstcandidate AI model. For example, if the first service is an OCR service,the sample data may be a large amount of text and text patterns thereof.The development platform 200 may associate the text patterns withcorresponding text based on the first candidate AI model obtained afterthe development platform 200 performs sample training on the firstcandidate policy based on sample data of the OCR service. In this way,the first candidate AI model can recognize the text patterns anddetermine the corresponding text.

For a method for performing, by the development platform 200, sampletraining on the first candidate policy based on sample data to obtainthe first candidate AI model, refer to a method for performing, by adevelopment platform, sample training on a candidate policy to obtain anAI model in a conventional technology. Details are not described hereinin this embodiment.

After generating the first candidate policy, the development platform200 may compress the first candidate policy based on a compressionalgorithm to obtain a compressed first candidate policy.Correspondingly, the development platform 200 performs sample trainingon the compressed first candidate policy to obtain the first candidateAI model.

In this embodiment, after generating the first candidate policy, thedevelopment platform 200 may encode the first candidate policy to obtaina binary string of the first candidate policy. The development platform200 may perform sample training on the binary string of the firstcandidate policy, to obtain the first candidate AI model.

Optionally, the first candidate policy (or the first candidate policycompressed by the development platform 200) generated by the developmentplatform 200 may not satisfy a requirement of the foregoing parameterrequirement information. For example, the parameter requirementinformation may include at least the requirement on the storage spaceoccupied by the to-be-generated AI model. Based on this, beforeperforming sample training on the first candidate policy (or thecompressed first candidate policy), the development platform 200 mayfirst determine whether the first candidate policy meets a presetcondition. In this embodiment, the first candidate policy and thecompressed first candidate policy are collectively referred to as afirst candidate policy herein. The preset condition includes: storagespace required by the first candidate policy meets the requirement onthe storage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model that isincluded in the parameter requirement information. That storage spacerequired by the first candidate policy meets the requirement on thestorage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model that is includedin the parameter requirement information means that the storage space tobe occupied by the first candidate policy is less than the storage spacethat the to-be-generated AI model is required to occupy in the parameterrequirement information. The development platform 200 may perform sampletraining on the first candidate policy that meets the preset condition,to obtain the first candidate AI model. In this embodiment, the storagespace occupied by the to-be-generated AI model is storage space occupiedby the model code when the running platform 210 stores model code of theto-be-generated AI model.

The development platform 200 may generate one or more first candidatepolicies. When the development platform 200 generates one firstcandidate policy, if the first candidate policy does not meet the presetcondition, the development platform 200 may generate a new candidatepolicy. When the development platform 200 generates a plurality of firstcandidate policies, the development platform 200 may perform sampletraining on a first candidate policy in the plurality of first candidatepolicies that meets a preset condition, to obtain the first candidate AImodel. If none of the plurality of first candidate policies meets thepreset condition, the development platform 200 may generate a newcandidate policy.

S305: The development platform 200 invokes a simulator component of therunning platform 210 to run the first candidate AI model to executeprocessing on test data of the first service, so as to obtain a firstrunning parameter.

The first running parameter may include at least one of: powerconsumption for running the first candidate AI model by a simulatorcomponent (AI model simulator) of the running platform 210, precision ofprocessing data by running the first candidate AI model by the simulatorcomponent, a speed for processing data by running the first candidate AImodel by the simulator component, and a size of storage space occupiedfor running the first candidate AI model by the simulator component. Itmay be understood that the first running parameter obtained by thedevelopment platform corresponds to the foregoing parameter requirementinformation. For example, the foregoing parameter requirementinformation includes a requirement on the power consumption for runningthe to-be-generated AI model by the running platform and a requirementon the precision of processing the data by the to-be-generated AI modelby the running platform; in this case, the first running parametercorrespondingly includes power consumption for running the firstcandidate AI model by the simulator component (AI Model Simulator) ofthe running platform and precision of processing data by running thefirst candidate AI model by the simulator component.

In an implementation, the development platform 200 may store a pluralityof simulator components of the running platform 210. Before invoking thesimulator component of the running platform 210, the developmentplatform 200 may first determine the running platform 210 indicated bythe platform indication information, and then initialize the simulatorcomponent of the running platform 210.

In another implementation, the simulator component of the runningplatform 210 may be stored in a cloud server. A plurality of simulatorcomponents of the running platform 210 may be stored in the cloudserver. The development platform 200 may send the platform indicationinformation, the service indication information, and the first candidateAI model to the cloud server. After receiving the platform indicationinformation, the service indication information, and the first candidateAI model, the cloud server may first determine the running platform 210indicated by the platform indication information. Then, the cloud serverinitializes the simulator component of the running platform 210, andinvokes the simulator component to run the first candidate AI model toexecute processing on test data of the first service indicated by theservice indication information, so as to obtain the first runningparameter. Finally, the cloud server may send the first runningparameter to the development platform 200. The development platform 200may receive the first running parameter sent by the cloud server.

S306: The development platform 200 determines whether the first runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information.

The development platform 200 determines whether the first runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information and obtains acorresponding first running parameter based on settings of the parameterrequirement information. The development platform 200 comparing thefirst running parameter with the parameter requirement information mayinclude at least one of the following: the development platform 200determines whether power consumption for running the first candidate AImodel by the simulator component of the running platform 210 is lessthan or equal to power consumption required by the parameter requirementinformation, the development platform 200 determines whether precisionof processing data by running the first candidate AI model by thesimulator component is higher than or equal to precision required by theparameter requirement information, the development platform 200determines whether a speed for processing data by running the firstcandidate AI model by the simulator component is higher than or equal toa speed required by a speed required by the parameter requirementinformation, and the development platform 200 determines whether storagespace occupied for running the first candidate AI model by the simulatorcomponent (that is, a running memory size used for the simulatorcomponent to run the first candidate AI model) is less than or equal toa running memory size required by the parameter requirement information.The running memory required by the parameter requirement information isstorage space occupied when the parameter requirement informationrequests the running platform 210 to run the first candidate AI model.It may be understood that the parameter requirement information hereinmay include a requirement on storage space occupied by theto-be-generated AI model, and the first running parameter may include asize of the storage space occupied by the first candidate AI model; inthis case, step S306 includes: the development platform 200 determineswhether the size of the storage space occupied by the first candidate AImodel is less than or equal to the requirement on the storage spacerequired by the parameter requirement information. It may be understoodthat the first running parameter herein may not include a size ofstorage space occupied by the first candidate AI model. Herein, whetherthe requirement on the storage space occupied by the to-be-generated AImodel in the parameter requirement information is met may be determinedby determining a size of storage space required by the first candidatepolicy, as described in related descriptions in step S304.

If power consumption for running the first candidate AI model by thesimulator component is less than or equal to power consumption requiredby the parameter requirement information, precision of processing thedata by the simulator component by running the first candidate AI modelis higher than or equal to precision required by the parameterrequirement information, a speed for processing the data by thesimulator component by running the first candidate AI model is higherthan or equal to a speed required by the parameter requirementinformation, and storage space occupied for running the first candidateAI model by the simulator component is less than or equal to a runningmemory required by the parameter requirement information, it indicatesthat the first running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, and that the first candidate AI model meets the requirementof the parameter requirement information. If the first running parametermatches the parameter requirement information, the development platformmay continue to perform S307.

If the first running parameter does not meet “power consumption forrunning the first candidate AI model by the simulator component is lessthan or equal to power consumption required by the parameter requirementinformation”, “precision of processing the data by the simulatorcomponent by running the first candidate AI model is higher than orequal to precision required by the parameter requirement information”,“a speed for processing the data by the simulator component by runningthe first candidate AI model is higher than or equal to a speed requiredby the parameter requirement information”, and “storage space occupiedfor running the first candidate AI model by the simulator component isless than or equal to a running memory required by the parameterrequirement information”, it indicates that the first running parameterdoes not match the parameter requirement information, and that the firstcandidate AI model does not match the requirement of the parameterrequirement information. If the first running parameter does not matchthe parameter requirement information, the development platform maycontinue to perform S308.

S307: The development platform 200 generates, based on the firstcandidate AI model, model code runnable on the running platform 210.

If the first running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, the development platform 200 may determine that the firstcandidate AI model is a target AI model. The development platform 200may generate, based on the first candidate AI model (that is, the targetAI model), the model code runnable on the running platform 210. Aftergenerating the model code, the development platform 200 may send themodel code to the running platform 210. The development platform 200 maygenerate, based on the first candidate AI model and the running platform210 indicated by the platform indication information, the model codethat can run on the running platform 210. After the model code isdeployed on the running platform 210, the running platform 210 canexecute the model code, to run a corresponding AI model. In other words,in this embodiment, the AI model generated by the development platform200 may be deployed on the running platform 210 (that is, the terminal)in a one-click manner.

S308: The development platform 200 obtains first difference information.The first difference information is used to indicate a differencebetween the first running parameter and the parameter requirementinformation.

If the first running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, it indicates that the first candidate AI model does notmeet the requirement of the foregoing parameter requirement information.In this case, the development platform 200 may obtain the differencebetween the first running parameter and the parameter requirementinformation (that is, the first difference information), to adjust thefirst candidate policy based on the first difference information.

For example, Table 3 shows an example of a running-parameter table shownin this embodiment.

TABLE 3 Running-parameter Table Required parameter Simulation parameter(parameter requirement (First running information) parameter) Powerconsumption A a Precision B b Speed C c . . . . . . . . . Storage spaceusage D d

As shown in Table 3, the required parameter is a parameter that needs tobe reached when the parameter requirement information requires therunning platform 210 to run the to-be-generated AI model, and thesimulation parameter is a parameter used when the simulator component ofthe running platform 210 runs the first candidate AI model. For example,it is assumed that the power consumption required by the parameterrequirement information is A, the precision required by the parameterrequirement information is B, the speed required by the parameterrequirement information is C, and the size, required by the parameterrequirement information, of the storage space occupied for running is D.If the power consumption for running the first candidate AI model by thesimulator component is a, the precision of processing the data byrunning the first candidate AI model by the simulator component is b,the speed for processing the data by running the first candidate AImodel by the simulator component is c, and the size of the storage spaceoccupied for running the first candidate AI model by the simulatorcomponent is d, the first difference information may be: A powerconsumption difference is A-a, a precision difference is B-b, a speeddifference is C-c, and a storage space difference is D-d.

S309: The development platform 200 adjusts the first candidate policybased on the first difference information, to obtain a second candidatepolicy.

The development platform 200 may adjust the first candidate policy basedon the first difference information and a preset algorithm, to obtainthe second candidate policy. For example, the preset algorithm may be amulti-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA), a gradient descentalgorithm, or the like.

In this embodiment, that the development platform 200 adjusts the firstcandidate policy may include: the development platform 200 replaces,with an available operator, a corresponding operator in the firstcandidate policy. For example, the development platform 200 may replace,with the sum operator 3 in Table 2, the sum operator 1 in the firstcandidate policy 500 shown in FIG. 5. The development platform 200adjusting the first candidate policy may further include: thedevelopment platform 200 adjusts the parameter of the operator in thefirst candidate policy. For example, the development platform 200 mayadjust a convolution core size of the convolution operator 1 in thefirst candidate policy 500 shown in FIG. 5 from 2 x 2 to 3 x 3, so thatthe convolution operator 1 can perform a 3 x 3 convolution operation ondata that is input into the convolution operator 1.

S310: The development platform 200 performs sample training on thesecond candidate policy to obtain a second candidate AI model.

For detailed descriptions of S310, refer to the descriptions of S304 inthis embodiment. Details are not described herein again in thisembodiment.

S311: The development platform 200 invokes the simulator component ofthe running platform 210 to run the second candidate AI model, so as toobtain a second running parameter, where the second running parameter isa performance parameter used by the simulator to run the secondcandidate AI model.

For detailed descriptions of S311, refer to the descriptions of S305 inthis embodiment. Details are not described herein again in thisembodiment.

S312: The development platform 200 determines whether the second runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information.

For detailed descriptions of S312, refer to the descriptions of S306 inthis embodiment. Details are not described herein again in thisembodiment.

If the second running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, it indicates that the second candidate AI model meets therequirement of the foregoing parameter requirement information, and thedevelopment platform may continue to perform S313. If the second runningparameter does not match the parameter requirement information, itindicates that the second candidate AI model does not meet therequirement of the foregoing parameter requirement information, and thedevelopment platform may continue to perform S314.

S313: The development platform 200 generates, based on the secondcandidate AI model, model code runnable on the running platform 210.

S314: The development platform 200 adjusts the second candidate policybased on difference information between the second running parameter andthe parameter requirement information and performs sample training on anadjusted second candidate policy to obtain a third candidate AI model.

In this embodiment, the development platform 200 may invoke thesimulator component to run the third candidate AI model, so as to obtaina running parameter. Then, the development platform 200 determineswhether the running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation. If the running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, the development platform may generate, based on the thirdcandidate AI, the model code runnable on the running platform 210. Ifthe running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, the development platform 200 may continue to adjust thesecond candidate policy until the development platform 200 obtains an AImodel that meets the requirement of the parameter requirementinformation.

For detailed descriptions of S312 to S314, refer to the descriptions ofS306 to S310 in this embodiment. Details are not described herein againin this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a framework of a principle of an AImodel development method according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7,the development platform 200 may be divided into five modules: aconstraint library 701, a policy generator 702, an AI model generator703, an evaluator 704, and a code generator 705. The constraint library701 may obtain constraints of a to-be-generated AI model; that is, theforegoing platform indication information, the foregoing serviceindication information, and the foregoing parameter requirementinformation. The policy generator 702 may select a plurality ofavailable operators from the operator database 700 based on the platformindication information and the service indication information that arein the constraint library 701, add the selected available operators to apolicy structure of an AI model of a first service indicated by theservice indication information, and set parameters of the operators toobtain a candidate policy (that is, a first candidate policy). The AImodel generator 703 may perform sample training on the candidate policygenerated by the policy generator 702, to generate a candidate AI model.The evaluator 704 may initialize a simulator component of a runningplatform 210 indicated by the platform indication information and runthe candidate AI model by using the simulator component, to obtain afirst running parameter. The evaluator 704 compares the parameterrequirement information with the first running parameter. If theparameter requirement information matches the first running parameter,the code generator 705 generates model code based on the candidate AImodel. If the parameter requirement information does not match the firstrunning parameter, a reward signal is fed back to the policy generator702, the policy generator 702 adjusts the candidate policy, and then theAI model generator 703 performs sample training on an adjusted candidatepolicy to obtain a new candidate AI model. The reward signal carriesdifference information (for example, first difference information).

This embodiment provides the AI model development method. When thedevelopment platform 200 generates an AI model, reference is made notonly to the platform indication information but also to a requirement ona performance parameter for running the AI model by the running platform210. Therefore, the AI model generated by the development platform 210satisfies a running environment of the running platform 210, and may beused to execute the first service, and a performance parameter meets arequirement on parameter requirement information when the first serviceis executed.

In addition, the development platform 200 may automatically generate,for different service requirements and different running environments,model code runnable on the running platform 210, and deploy the modelcode on the running platform. 210.

In another embodiment, if the first running parameter does not match theparameter requirement information, when the development platform 210adjusts the first candidate policy, reference is made not only to thefirst difference information (that is, the difference informationbetween the first running parameter and the parameter requirementinformation), but also to difference information (that is, seconddifference information) between the first running parameter and a thirdrunning parameter that is obtained by executing processing on test dataof the first service by a benchmark model.

FIG. 8A-1 and FIG. 8A-2 are a schematic diagram of a framework of aprinciple of an AI model development method according to an embodiment.As shown in FIG. 8A-1 and FIG. 8A-2, a difference from FIG. 7 lies in:if an evaluator 704 determines that a first running parameter does notmatch running parameter information, a reward signal fed back by theevaluator 704 to a policy generator 702 may further include relatedinformation (for example, second difference information) of a runningparameter (that is, the foregoing third running parameter) of abenchmark model in a benchmark model database 800. The benchmark modelis obtained by the policy generator 702 from the benchmark modeldatabase 800 based on a first service indicated by service indicationinformation. The benchmark model is an AI model used to execute thefirst service.

The benchmark model database 800 stores a plurality of AI models thatcan be used to process various services. These AI models may be run onthe development platform 210 to execute corresponding services. However,these AI models may not be run on the running platform 210. Therefore,in this embodiment, the development platform 200 may modify thebenchmark model (that is, the AI model that is in the benchmark modeldatabase 800 and that is used to execute the first service), to obtainthe target AI model.

For example, the benchmark model database 800 may store a plurality ofAI models in a manner of a model information table shown in Table 4.

TABLE 4 Model Information Table Service AI Model Text recognition Textrecognition AI model 1 Text recognition AI model 2 . . . Textrecognition AI model x Image recognition Image recognition AI model 1Image recognition AI model 2 . . . Image recognition AI model y . . . .. . Natural language Natural language processing AI model 1 processingNatural language processing AI model 2 . . . Natural language processingAI model z

For each service, the benchmark model database 800 may store one or moreAI models used to execute the service. For example, the benchmark modeldatabase 800 may store one or more AI models used to execute a textrecognition service (text recognition AI models for short).

For example, as shown in Table 4, the benchmark model database 800 maystore x text recognition AI models, y image recognition AI models, znatural language processing AI models, and the like. The developmentplatform 200 may select, as the benchmark model from the benchmark modeldatabase 800, an AI model used to execute the first service indicated bythe service indication information.

An embodiment further provides an AI model development method. As shownin FIG. 8B-1 and FIG. 8B-2, the method in this embodiment may includeS301 to S308, S801 and S802, S310 to S313, and S803. In the method, S301to S308 are first performed, and then S801 is performed.

S801: The development platform 200 obtains second differenceinformation. The second difference information is used to indicate adifference between the first running parameter and a third runningparameter. The third running parameter is a running parameter obtainedby executing processing on the test data of the first service by thebenchmark model.

The development platform 200 may run the benchmark model to executeprocessing on the test data of the first service, so as to obtain thethird running parameter. After running the benchmark model to obtain thethird running parameter, the development platform 200 may store thethird running parameter. In this way, after the development platform 200adjusts the first candidate policy to generate a new candidate AI model(for example, the second candidate AI model), if a running parameter(for example, the second running parameter) obtained by the simulatorcomponent by running the second candidate AI model does not match theparameter requirement information, the development platform 200 cancompare the second running parameter with the stored third runningparameter, and does not need to run the benchmark model again to obtainthe third running parameter.

S802: The development platform 200 adjusts the first candidate policybased on the first difference information and the second differenceinformation, to obtain a second candidate policy.

After S802 is performed, the method in this embodiment may furtherinclude S310 to S312. After S312 is performed, if a running performanceparameter (the second running parameter) of the second candidate modelmatches the parameter requirement information, S313 is performed; or ifa running performance parameter (the second running parameter) of thesecond candidate model does not match the parameter requirementinformation, the method in this embodiment may further include S803.

S803: The development platform 200 adjusts the second candidate policybased on the difference information between the second running parameterand the parameter requirement information and the difference informationbetween the second running parameter and the third running parameter,and performs sample training on an adjusted second candidate policy toobtain a third candidate AI model.

In this embodiment, the development platform 200 may invoke thesimulator component to run the third candidate AI model in order toobtain a running parameter. Then, the development platform 200determines whether the running parameter matches the parameterrequirement information. If the running parameter matches the parameterrequirement information, the development platform may generate, based onthe third candidate AI, the model code runnable on the running platform210. If the running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, the development platform 200 may continue to adjust thethird candidate policy until the development platform 200 obtains an AImodel that meets a requirement of the parameter requirement information.

In another embodiment, the development platform 200 may modify anexisting benchmark model to generate an AI model that can be run on therunning platform 210 to execute the first service. FIG. 8C-1 and FIG.8C-2 are a schematic diagram of a framework of a principle of an AImodel development method according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG.8C-1 and FIG. 8C-2, a difference from FIG. 8A-1 and FIG. 8A-2 lies in:After a policy generator 702 selects a plurality of available operatorsfrom an operator database 700 based on platform indication informationand service indication information that are in a constraint library 701,there is no need to add an available operator to a policy structure ofan AI model for a first service to generate a new candidate policy.Instead, an operator is randomly selected from the plurality ofavailable operators based on a policy structure of a benchmark model, anoperator that is in the benchmark model and that does not correspond toa running platform is replaced with the randomly selected operator, anda parameter of each operator is adjusted to obtain a candidate policy.

An embodiment further provides an AI model development method. As shownin FIG. 9A to FIG. 9C, the AI model development method may include S901to S916.

S901: A development platform 200 obtains platform indicationinformation, service indication information, and parameter requirementinformation of a to-be-generated AI model.

S902: The development platform 200 selects, from an operator database, aplurality of available operators that correspond to a running platform210 and that are used to execute a first service.

S901 is the same as S301. S902 is the same as S302.

S903: The development platform 200 determines a benchmark model of thefirst service, where the benchmark model is an AI model used to processthe first service.

A benchmark model database 800 includes one or more AI models used toexecute the first service indicated by the service indicationinformation. The development platform 200 may randomly select an AImodel from the one or more AI models (an AI model that is in thebenchmark model database 800 and that is used to execute the firstservice) as the benchmark model. For example, it is assumed that thefirst service is a text recognition service. The development platform200 may randomly select, as the benchmark model, a text recognition AImodel from the text recognition AI models such as the text recognitionAI model 1, the text recognition AI model 2, and the text recognition AImodel x that are shown in Table 4.

S904: The development platform 200 randomly selects an operator from theplurality of available operators based on a policy structure of thebenchmark model; replaces, with the randomly selected operator, anoperator that is in the benchmark model and that does not correspond tothe running platform 210; and adjusts a parameter of each operator, toobtain a first candidate policy.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10(a), a benchmark model 1000 is abenchmark model selected by the development platform for the firstservice. Referring to Table 2, it can be understood that a convolutionoperator 2, an activation function operator k, a deconvolution operator2, and a sum operator 2 in the benchmark model 1000 shown in FIG. 10(a)do not correspond to the running platform 210. That is, the convolutionoperator 2, the activation function operator k, the deconvolutionoperator 2, and the sum operator 2 that are shown in FIG. 10(a) cannotbe run on the running platform 210.

The development platform 200 may randomly select a convolution operator,an activation function operator, a deconvolution operator, and a sumoperator from the foregoing available operators (for example, in theavailable-operator table shown in Table 2), to replace the convolutionoperator 2, and the activation function operator k, the deconvolutionoperator 2, and the sum operator 2 that are shown in FIG. 10(a). Forexample, it is assumed that the development platform 200 selects theconvolution operator 1, the activation function operator 1, thedeconvolution operator 1, and the sum operator 1 from theavailable-operator table shown in Table 2. In this case, the convolutionoperator 2 shown in FIG. 10(a) is replaced by the convolution operator1, the activation function operator k shown in FIG. 10(a) is replaced bythe activation function operator 1, the activation function operator 2shown in FIG. 10(a) is replaced by the deconvolution function operator1, and the sum operator 2 shown in FIG. 10(a) is replaced by thesummation function operator 1, to obtain a model 1001 shown in FIG.10(b). In addition, the development platform 200 may further adjust aparameter of each operator in the model 1001 shown in FIG. 10(b).

S905: The development platform 200 compresses the first candidate policybased on a compression algorithm, to obtain a compressed first candidatepolicy.

For detailed descriptions of S905, refer to the method for compressingthe first candidate policy by the development platform 200 in theforegoing embodiment. Details are not described herein again in thisembodiment. S905 is optional.

S906: The development platform 200 performs sample training on thecompressed first candidate policy to obtain a first candidate AI model.

S907: The development platform 200 invokes a simulator component of therunning platform 210, to run the first candidate AI model to executeprocessing on test data of the first service, so as to obtain a firstrunning parameter.

S908: The development platform 200 determines whether the first runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information.

S907 is the same as S305. S908 is the same as S306.

For example, if the first running parameter matches the parameterrequirement information, the development platform 200 performs S909; orif the first running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, the development platform 200 performs S910.

S909: The development platform 200 generates, based on the firstcandidate AI model, model code runnable on the running platform 210.

After generating the model code, the development platform 200 may sendthe model code to the running platform 210. For detailed descriptions ofS909, refer to the descriptions of S307 in the foregoing embodiment.Details are not described herein again in this embodiment.

S910: The development platform 200 obtains first difference informationand second difference information, where the first differenceinformation is used to indicate a difference between the first runningparameter and the parameter requirement information, and the seconddifference information is used to indicate a difference between thefirst running parameter and a third running parameter.

The first candidate policy is obtained by the development platform 200by modifying the benchmark model. Therefore, if the first runningparameter does not match the parameter requirement information, when thedevelopment platform 200 generates a new candidate policy, reference maybe made to a difference between a running parameter (that is, the thirdrunning parameter) obtained by executing processing on the test data ofthe first service by the benchmark model and a running parameter (thatis, the first running parameter) obtained by executing processing on thetest data of the first service by the first candidate AI model. In thisway, an AI model that meets a requirement of the parameter requirementinformation can be generated more quickly.

S911: The development platform 200 adjusts the first candidate policybased on the first difference information and the second differenceinformation to obtain a second candidate policy.

In this embodiment, when the development platform 200 adjusts the firstcandidate policy to obtain a new candidate policy (for example, a thirdcandidate policy), reference may be made not only to differenceinformation (that is, the first difference information) between theparameter requirement information and a running parameter obtained byexecuting processing on the test data of the first service by the firstcandidate AI model, but also to difference information (that is, thesecond difference information) between a running parameter obtained byexecuting processing on the test data of the first service by thebenchmark model and the running parameter obtained by executingprocessing on the test data of the first service by the first candidateAI model.

S912: The development platform 200 performs sample training on thesecond candidate policy to obtain a second candidate AI model.

S913: The development platform 200 invokes the simulator component ofthe running platform 210 to run the second candidate AI model, so as toobtain a second running parameter.

S912 is the same as S310, and S913 is the same as S311.

S914: The development platform 200 determines whether the second runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information.

If the second running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, it indicates that the third candidate AI model meets therequirement of the parameter requirement information, and thedevelopment platform may continue to perform S915. If the second runningparameter does not match the parameter requirement information, itindicates that the second candidate AI model does not meet therequirement of the parameter requirement information, and thedevelopment platform may continue to perform S916.

S915: The development platform 200 generates, based on the secondcandidate AI model, model code runnable on the running platform 210.

S916: The development platform 200 adjusts the second candidate policybased on the difference information between the second running parameterand the parameter requirement information and the difference informationbetween the second running parameter and the third running parameter,and performs sample training on an adjusted second candidate policy toobtain a third candidate AI model.

S915 is the same as S313. S916 is the same as S314.

This embodiment provides the AI model development method. Thedevelopment platform 200 may randomly select the operator from theplurality of available operators based on the policy structure of thebenchmark model; replace, with the randomly selected operator, theoperator that is in the benchmark model and that does not correspond tothe running platform 210; and adjust the parameter of each operator, toobtain the first candidate policy. The benchmark model is an AI modelused to execute the first service. In other words, when the developmentplatform 200 generates the AI model, reference is made to the platformindication information. In addition, when the development platform 200generates the AI model, reference is further made to a requirement on aperformance parameter used for the running platform 210 to run the AImodel. Therefore, the AI model generated by the development platform 210satisfies a running environment of the running platform 210 and may beused to execute the first service. In addition, the performanceparameter used when the first service is executed meets the requirementof the parameter requirement information. In addition, the developmentplatform 200 may automatically generate, for different servicerequirements and different running environments, model code runnable onthe running platform 210, and deploy the model code on the runningplatform. 210.

For example, FIG. 11 shows an AI model instance used to execute an OCRservice according to an embodiment. It is assumed that the first serviceindicated by the foregoing service indication information is the OCRservice. The running platform indicated by the foregoing platformindication information is a Huawei Mate 10. Parameter requirementinformation requires that a time spent by a to-be-generated AI model(that is, a target AI model) in recognizing a line of text be less thanor equal to 1 second (s). In other words, the parameter requirementinformation requires that a speed for processing data by running thetarget AI model by the Huawei Mate 10 be less than or equal to is perline of text. The parameter requirement information requires thatstorage space occupied when the target AI model is run on the HuaweiMate 10 be less than or equal to 10 megabits (MB). The parameterrequirement information requires that recall of recognizing text by thetarget AI model be higher than or equal to 90%, and the parameterrequirement information requires that precision of recognizing the textby the target AI model be higher than or equal to 90%.

The recall of recognizing the text by the target AI model is aproportion of recognized text in a line of text recognized by the targetAI model. For example, it is assumed that one line of text includes 10Chinese characters. If the target AI model recognizes nine Chinesecharacters in the 10 Chinese characters, recall of recognizing the textby the target AI model is 90%. The precision of recognizing the text bythe target AI model is a proportion of correctly recognized text in aline of text recognized by the target AI model. For example, it isassumed that one line of text includes 10 Chinese characters. The targetAI model recognizes nine Chinese characters in the 10 Chinesecharacters. Among the recognized nine Chinese characters, recognitionresults of eight Chinese characters are true, and a recognition resultof one Chinese character is false. In this case, precision ofrecognizing the text by the target AI model is (8/9)×100%=88.89%.

As shown in FIG. 11, an AI model 1100 specific for the OCR service mayinclude a convolutional block 1101, a convolutional block 1102, aconvolutional block 1103, a deconvolution operator 1104, a convolutionalblock 1106, a sum operator 1107, a deconvolution operator 1108, aconvolutional block 1105, a sum operator 1109, a convolutional block1110, a convolutional block 1111, and a convolutional block 1112. The AImodel 1100 specific for the OCR service processes data of the OCRservice according to data processing logic corresponding to a directionthat is shown in FIG. 11 and that corresponds to an arrow in which dataflows into each operator or each convolution block.

The convolutional block shown in FIG. 11 includes a plurality ofconvolutional layers. For example, the convolutional block 1101 is usedas an example. As shown in FIG. 12(a), the convolutional block 1101 mayinclude convolutional layers such as a convolutional layer 1, aconvolutional layer 2, and a convolutional layer N. Each convolutionallayer may include a convolution operator, a deconvolution operator, abatch standardization operator, an activation function operator, and thelike. For example, as shown in FIG. 12(b), the convolutional layer 1 mayinclude a convolution operator, a deconvolution operator, a batchstandardization operator, an activation function operator, and the like.

After generating the AI model 1100 specific for the OCR service shown inFIG. 11, the development platform 200 invokes a simulator component ofthe Huawei Mate 10 to run the AI model 1100 specific for the OCRservice, so as to execute the OCR service to process data (for example,a line of text). In this case, the following first running parameter maybe obtained: 800 milliseconds (ms) less than a processing speed, storagespace of 8 MB occupied for running, text recognition recall of 91%, andtext recognition precision of 90%. Due to 800 ms<1s, 8 MB<10 MB,91%>90%, and 90%=90%, the AI model 1100 specific for the OCR serviceshown in FIG. 11 is the target AI model. The development platform 200may generate model code for the AI model 1100 specific for the OCRservice.

It may be understood that, to implement the foregoing functions, thedevelopment platform 200 includes corresponding hardware structuresand/or software modules for performing the functions. A person ofordinary skill in the art should be aware that units and algorithm stepsof the examples described with reference to the embodiments can beimplemented in the embodiments by hardware or a combination of hardwareand computer software. Whether a specific function is performed byhardware or hardware driven by computer software depends on particularapplications and design constraints of the technical solutions. A personof ordinary skill in the art may use different methods to implement thedescribed functions for each particular application, but it should notbe considered that the implementation goes beyond the scope of theembodiments.

In the embodiments, the development platform 200 may be divided intofunctional modules based on the foregoing method examples. For example,division into the functional modules may be performed in correspondenceto the functions, or two or more functions may be integrated into oneprocessing module. The integrated module may be implemented in a form ofhardware or may be implemented in a form of a software functionalmodule. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, division into themodules is an example and is merely a logical function division. Inactual implementation, another division manner may be used.

When an integrated unit is used, FIG. 13 is a possible schematicstructural diagram of the development platform in the foregoingembodiments. The development platform 1300 includes a processor 1301, amemory 1302, and a plurality of simulator components (for example, asimulator component 1303 and a simulator component 1304). The simulatorcomponent 1303 is a simulator component of a running platform indicatedby platform indication information. The simulator component 1304 is asimulator component of another running platform. The memory 1302 and thesimulator component 1303 are coupled to the processor 1301. The memory1302 is configured to store computer program code. The computer programcode includes a computer instruction. When the processor 1301 executesthe computer instruction, the processor 1301 is configured to supportthe development platform 1300 in performing steps S301 to S304, S306 toS310, S312 to S314, S801 to S803, S901 to S906, S908 to 912, and S914 toS916 in the foregoing method embodiments, and/or performing otherprocesses used for the technology described. The simulator component1303 is configured to: in response to invoking by the processor 1301,support the development platform 1300 in performing steps S305, S311,S907, and S913 in the foregoing method embodiments, and/or performingother processes used for the technology described in the embodiments.

The simulator component 1303 may simulate a running environment of therunning platform. The processor 1301 may be a central processing unit(CPU), a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), anapplication-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmablegate array (FPGA) or another programmable logical device, a transistorlogical device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Theprocessor 1301 may further include an NPU. The processor 1301 mayimplement or execute the example logical blocks, modules, and circuitsdescribed with reference to content in the embodiments. The processormay be a combination of processors implementing a computing function,for example, a combination of one or more microprocessors, or acombination of a DSP and a microprocessor. The communications module maybe a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, a communications interface, orthe like.

Optionally, the memory 1302 may store the operator database and thebenchmark model database that are described in the foregoingembodiments. The memory 1302 may further store a running parameter, thatis, the third running parameter, used by the benchmark model to executeprocessing on test data of a first service.

Additionally, unit/modules in the development platform 1300 include, butare not limited to, the processor 1301, the memory 1302, and theplurality of simulator components. For example, the development platform1300 may further include a communications interface (for example, acommunications module such as a radio frequency module, a Wi-Fi module,or a Bluetooth module), a display, and audio modules (including amicrophone, a loudspeaker, a receiver, and a headset interface). Thememory 1302, the plurality of simulator components, the communicationsinterface, the display, the microphone, the receiver, and the speakermay be coupled to the processor 1301 by using a bus (a thick black lineshown in FIG. 13).

An embodiment further provides a computer storage medium. The computerstorage medium stores computer program code. When the processor 1301executes the computer program code, the development platform 1300performs related method steps in any one of FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, FIG.8B-1 and FIG. 8B-2, or FIG. 9A to FIG. 9C to implement the method in theforegoing embodiments.

An embodiment further provides a computer program product. When thecomputer program product is run on a computer, the computer is enabledto perform related method steps in any one of FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, FIG.8B-1 and FIG. 8B-2, or FIG. 9A to FIG. 9C to implement the method in theforegoing embodiments.

The development platform 1300, the computer storage medium, and thecomputer program product provided in the embodiments are all configuredto perform the corresponding methods provided above. Therefore, forbeneficial effects that can be achieved by the development platform1300, the computer storage medium, and the computer program product,refer to beneficial effects in the corresponding methods provided above.Details are not described herein again.

The foregoing descriptions about implementations allow a person ofordinary skill in the art to understand that, for the purpose ofconvenient and brief description, division of the foregoing functionmodules is taken as an example for illustration. In actual application,the foregoing functions can be allocated to different modules andimplemented according to a requirement, that is, an inner structure ofan apparatus is divided into different function modules to implement allor some of the functions described above.

In the embodiments provided, it should be understood that the apparatusand method may be implemented in other manners. For example, thedescribed apparatus embodiment is merely an example. For example,division into the modules or units is merely logical function division,or may be other division in actual implementation. For example, aplurality of units or components may be combined or integrated intoanother apparatus, or some features may be ignored or not performed. Inaddition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or directcouplings or communication connections may be implemented through someinterfaces. The indirect couplings or communication connections betweenthe apparatuses or units may be implemented in electrical, mechanical,or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physicallyseparate, and components displayed as units may be one or more physicalunits, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on differentplaces. Some or all of the units may be selected based on actualrequirements to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments.

In addition, the functional units in the embodiments may be integratedinto one processing unit, or each of the units may exist alonephysically, or two or more of the units are integrated into one unit.The integrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware or may beimplemented in a form of a software functional unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in a form of a softwarefunctional unit and sold or used as an independent product, theintegrated unit may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based onsuch an understanding, the solutions essentially, or a part contributingto the prior art, or all or some of the solutions may be implemented ina form of a software product. The software product is stored in astorage medium and includes instructions for instructing a device (whichmay be a single-chip microcomputer, a chip, or the like) or a processorto perform all or some of the steps in the methods described in theembodiments. The foregoing storage medium includes any medium that canstore program code, such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, aROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing descriptions are merely implementations, but are notintended as limiting. Any variation or replacement within the technicalscope shall fall within the protection scope.

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 32. An artificial intelligence (AI) model developmentmethod, comprising: obtaining, by a development platform, platformindication information, service indication information, and parameterrequirement information of a to-be-generated AI model, wherein theplatform indication information is used to indicate a running platformon which the to-be-generated AI model is run, the service indicationinformation is used to indicate a first service to be executed by theto-be-generated AI model, and the parameter requirement information isused to indicate a requirement on a performance parameter of theto-be-generated AI model; selecting, by the development platform from anoperator database, a plurality of available operators that correspond tothe running platform and that are used to execute the first service,wherein the operator database stores a plurality of operators used togenerate an AI model; selecting, by the development platform, anoperator from the plurality of available operators, and setting aparameter of the selected operator, to generate a first candidatepolicy, wherein the first candidate policy comprises a plurality ofoperators; performing, by the development platform, sample training onthe first candidate policy to obtain a first candidate AI model;invoking, by the development platform, a simulator component of therunning platform to run the first candidate AI model to executeprocessing on test data of the first service, so as to obtain a firstrunning parameter; and if the first running parameter matches theparameter requirement information, determining, by the developmentplatform, that the first candidate AI model is a target AI model. 33.The AI model development method according to claim 32, wherein after thedetermining, by the development platform, that the first candidate AImodel is a target AI model, the method further comprises: generating, bythe development platform based on the first candidate AI model, modelcode runnable on the running platform.
 34. The AI model developmentmethod according to claim 32, wherein the selecting, by the developmentplatform from an operator database, of the plurality of availableoperators that correspond to the running platform and that are used toexecute the first service comprises: determining, by the developmentplatform, a policy structure of the to-be-generated AI model based onthe first service, wherein the policy structure is used to representdata processing logic of the to-be-generated AI model; and selecting, bythe development platform from the operator database according to thedata processing logic, the plurality of available operatorscorresponding to the running platform; and the selecting, by thedevelopment platform, of an operator from the plurality of availableoperators, and setting a parameter of the selected operator, to generatea first candidate policy, wherein the first candidate policy comprises aplurality of operators, comprises: selecting, by the developmentplatform, the operator from the plurality of available operators, addingthe selected operator to the policy structure, and setting the parameterof the selected operator, to generate the first candidate policy. 35.The AI model development method according to claim 32, wherein themethod further comprises: obtaining, by the development platform, firstdifference information if the first running parameter does not match theparameter requirement information, wherein the first differenceinformation is used to indicate a difference between the first runningparameter and the parameter requirement information; adjusting, by thedevelopment platform, the operator in the first candidate policy basedon the first difference information, to obtain a second candidatepolicy; performing, by the development platform, sample training on thesecond candidate policy to obtain a second candidate AI model; invoking,by the development platform, the simulator component to run the secondcandidate AI model, so as to obtain a second running parameter; and ifthe second running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, determining, by the development platform, that the secondcandidate AI model is the target AI model.
 36. The AI model developmentmethod according to claim 32, wherein before the selecting, by thedevelopment platform, of an operator from the plurality of availableoperators, and setting a parameter of the selected operator, to generatea first candidate policy, the method further comprises: determining, bythe development platform, a benchmark model of the first service,wherein the benchmark model is an AI model used to process the firstservice, the policy structure of the to-be-generated AI model is apolicy structure of the benchmark model, and the policy structure isused to represent data processing logic of the benchmark model; and theselecting, by the development platform, of an operator from theplurality of available operators, and setting a parameter of theselected operator, to generate a first candidate policy comprises:randomly selecting, by the development platform, an operator from theplurality of available operators based on the policy structure of thebenchmark model; replacing, with the randomly selected operator, anoperator that is in the benchmark model and that does not correspond tothe running platform; and adjusting the parameter of the operator, toobtain the first candidate policy.
 37. The AI model development methodaccording to claim 32, wherein the method further comprises: obtaining,by the development platform, first difference information and seconddifference information if the first running parameter does not match theparameter requirement information, wherein the first differenceinformation is used to indicate a difference between the first runningparameter and the parameter requirement information, the seconddifference information is used to indicate a difference between thefirst running parameter and a third running parameter, and the thirdrunning parameter is a running parameter obtained by executingprocessing on the test data of the first service by the benchmark model;adjusting, by the development platform, the operator in the firstcandidate policy based on the first difference information and thesecond difference information, to obtain a second candidate policy;performing, by the development platform, sample training on the secondcandidate policy to obtain a second candidate AI model; invoking, by thedevelopment platform, the simulator component to run the secondcandidate AI model, so as to obtain a second running parameter; and ifthe second running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, determining, by the development platform, that the secondcandidate AI model is the target AI model.
 38. The AI model developmentmethod according to claim 32, wherein after the generating a firstcandidate policy, the method further comprises: compressing, by thedevelopment platform, the first candidate policy based on a compressionalgorithm, to obtain a compressed first candidate policy; and theperforming, by the development platform, of sample training on the firstcandidate policy to obtain a first candidate AI model comprises:performing, by the development platform, sample training on thecompressed first candidate policy to obtain the first candidate AImodel.
 39. The AI model development method according to claim 32,wherein after the generating a first candidate policy, the methodfurther comprises: encoding, by the development platform, the firstcandidate policy to obtain a binary string of the first candidatepolicy; and the performing, by the development platform, of sampletraining on the first candidate policy to obtain a first candidate AImodel comprises: performing, by the development platform, sampletraining on the binary string of the first candidate policy to obtainthe first candidate AI model.
 40. The AI model development methodaccording to claim 32, wherein the parameter requirement informationcomprises at least one of: a requirement on power consumption forrunning the to-be-generated AI model by the running platform, arequirement on precision of processing data by running theto-be-generated AI model by the running platform, a requirement on aspeed for processing data by running the to-be-generated AI model by therunning platform, a requirement on storage space occupied by theto-be-generated AI model, or a requirement on storage space required bythe running platform to run the to-be-generated AI model.
 41. The AImodel development method according to claim 40, wherein the parameterrequirement information comprises at least the requirement on thestorage space occupied by the to-be-generated AI model; before theperforming, by the development platform, of sample training on the firstcandidate policy to obtain a first candidate AI model, the methodfurther comprises: determining, by the development platform, whether thefirst candidate policy meets a preset condition, wherein the presetcondition comprises: storage space required by the first candidatepolicy meets the requirement on the storage space occupied by theto-be-generated AI model that is comprised in the parameter requirementinformation; and the performing, by the development platform, of sampletraining on the first candidate policy to obtain a first candidate AImodel comprises: if the first candidate policy meets the presetcondition, performing, by the development platform, sample training onthe first candidate policy to obtain the first candidate AI model.
 42. Adevelopment platform, wherein the development platform comprises aprocessor, a memory, and a plurality of simulator components; the memoryand the plurality of simulator components are coupled to the processor;the plurality of simulator components comprise a simulator component ofa running platform; the memory is configured to store computer programcode; the computer program code comprises a computer instruction; andwhen the processor executes the foregoing computer instruction, theprocessor is configured to: obtain platform indication information,service indication information, and parameter requirement information ofa to-be-generated artificial intelligence AI model, wherein the platformindication information is used to indicate a running platform on whichthe to-be-generated AI model is run, the service indication informationis used to indicate a first service to be executed by theto-be-generated AI model, and the parameter requirement information isused to indicate a requirement on a performance parameter of theto-be-generated AI model; select, from an operator database, a pluralityof available operators that correspond to the running platform and thatare used to execute the first service, wherein the operator databasestores a plurality of operators used to generate an AI model; select anoperator from the plurality of available operators, and set a parameterof the selected operator, to generate a first candidate policy, whereinthe first candidate policy comprises a plurality of operators; andperform sample training on the first candidate policy to obtain a firstcandidate AI model; and the processor is further configured to: invokethe simulator component of the running platform in the plurality ofsimulator components to run the first candidate AI model to executeprocessing on test data of the first service, so as to obtain a firstrunning parameter; and if the first running parameter matches theparameter requirement information, determine that the first candidate AImodel is a target AI model.
 43. The development platform according toclaim 42, wherein the processor is further configured to: afterdetermining that the first candidate AI model is the target AI model,generate, based on the first candidate AI model, model code runnable onthe running platform.
 44. The development platform according to claim42, wherein that the processor is configured to select, from an operatordatabase, a plurality of available operators that correspond to therunning platform and that are used to execute the first servicecomprises: the processor is configured to: determine a policy structureof the to-be-generated AI model based on the first service, wherein thepolicy structure is used to represent data processing logic of theto-be-generated AI model; add an operator to the policy structureaccording to the data processing logic to generate the first candidatepolicy; and select, from the operator database according to the dataprocessing logic, the plurality of available operators that correspondto the running platform; and that the processor is configured to: selectan operator from the plurality of available operators, and set aparameter of the selected operator, to generate a first candidatepolicy, wherein the first candidate policy comprises a plurality ofoperators, comprises: the processor is configured to: select theoperator from the plurality of available operators, add the selectedoperator to the policy structure, and set the parameter of the selectedoperator, to generate the first candidate policy.
 45. The developmentplatform according to claim 42, wherein the processor is furtherconfigured to: obtain first difference information if the first runningparameter does not match the parameter requirement information, whereinthe first difference information is used to indicate a differencebetween the first running parameter and the parameter requirementinformation; adjust the operator in the first candidate policy based onthe first difference information, to obtain a second candidate policy;and perform sample training on the second candidate policy to obtain asecond candidate AI model; and the processor is further configured to:invoke the simulator component of the running platform to run the secondcandidate AI model, so as to obtain a second running parameter; and ifthe second running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, determine that the second candidate AI model is the targetAI model.
 46. The development platform according to claim 42, whereinthe processor is further configured to: before selecting the operatorfrom the plurality of available operators, and setting the parameter ofthe selected operator, generate the first candidate policy and determinea benchmark model of the first service, wherein the benchmark model isan AI model used to process the first service, the policy structure ofthe to-be-generated AI model is a policy structure of the benchmarkmodel, and the policy structure is used to represent data processinglogic of the benchmark model; and that the processor is configured to:select an operator from the plurality of available operators, and set aparameter of the selected operator, to generate a first candidate policycomprises: the processor is configured to: randomly select an operatorfrom the plurality of available operators based on the policy structureof the benchmark model; replace, with the randomly selected operator, anoperator that is in the benchmark model and that does not correspond tothe running platform; and adjust the parameter of the operator, toobtain the first candidate policy.
 47. The development platformaccording to claim 42, wherein the processor is further configured to:obtain first difference information and second difference information ifthe first running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, wherein the first difference information is used toindicate a difference between the first running parameter and theparameter requirement information, the second difference information isused to indicate a difference between the first running parameter and athird running parameter, and the third running parameter is a runningparameter obtained by executing processing on the test data of the firstservice by the benchmark model; adjust the operator in the firstcandidate policy based on the first difference information and thesecond difference information, to obtain a second candidate policy; andperform sample training on the second candidate policy to obtain asecond candidate AI model; and the processor is further configured to:invoke the simulator component of the running platform to run the secondcandidate AI model, so as to obtain a second running parameter; and ifthe second running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation, determine that the second candidate AI model is the targetAI model.
 48. The development platform according to claim 42, whereinthe processor is further configured to: after generating the firstcandidate policy, compress the first candidate policy based on acompression algorithm, to obtain a compressed first candidate policy;and that the processor is configured to perform sample training on thefirst candidate policy to obtain a first candidate AI model comprises:the processor is configured to perform sample training on the compressedfirst candidate policy to obtain the first candidate AI model.
 49. Adevelopment platform, comprising a constraint library, a policygenerator, an artificial intelligence (AI) model generator, anevaluator, a code generator, and a plurality of simulator components,wherein the constraint library is configured to provide platformindication information, service indication information, and parameterrequirement information of a to-be-generated AI model, wherein theplatform indication information is used to indicate a running platformon which the to-be-generated AI model is run, the service indicationinformation is used to indicate a first service to be executed by theto-be-generated AI model, and the parameter requirement information isused to indicate a requirement on a performance parameter of theto-be-generated AI model; the policy generator is configured to: select,from an operator database based on the platform indication informationand the service indication information that are provided by theconstraint library, a plurality of available operators that correspondto the running platform and that are used to execute the first service,wherein the operator database stores a plurality of operators used togenerate an AI model; and select an operator from the plurality ofavailable operators, and set a parameter of the selected operator, togenerate a first candidate policy, wherein the first candidate policycomprises a plurality of operators; the AI model generator is configuredto perform sample training on the first candidate policy generated bythe policy generator, to obtain a first candidate AI model; theevaluator is configured to: invoke the simulator component of therunning platform to run the first candidate AI model generated by the AImodel generator, to execute processing on test data of the firstservice, so as to obtain a first running parameter; and determinewhether the first running parameter matches the parameter requirementinformation provided by the constraint library, wherein the simulatorcomponent of the running platform is one of a plurality of simulatorcomponents; and the code generator is configured to: if the evaluatordetermines that the first running parameter matches the parameterrequirement information, generate, based on the first candidate AI modelgenerated by the AI model generator, model code runnable on the runningplatform.
 50. The development platform according to claim 49, whereinthat the policy generator is configured to: select, from an operatordatabase, a plurality of available operators that correspond to therunning platform and that are used to execute the first servicecomprises: the policy generator is configured to: determine a policystructure of the to-be-generated AI model based on the first service,wherein the policy structure is used to represent data processing logicof the to-be-generated AI model; and select, from the operator databaseaccording to the data processing logic, the plurality of availableoperators that correspond to the running platform; and that the policygenerator is configured to: select an operator from the plurality ofavailable operators, and set a parameter of the selected operator, togenerate a first candidate policy, wherein the first candidate policycomprises a plurality of operators, comprises: the policy generator isconfigured to: select the operator from the plurality of availableoperators, add the selected operator to the policy structure, and setthe parameter of the selected operator, to generate the first candidatepolicy.
 51. The development platform according to claim 49, wherein theevaluator is further configured to obtain first difference informationif the first running parameter does not match the parameter requirementinformation, wherein the first difference information is used toindicate a difference between the first running parameter and theparameter requirement information; the policy generator is furtherconfigured to adjust the operator in the first candidate policy based onthe first difference information, to obtain a second candidate policy;the AI model generator is further configured to perform sample trainingon the second candidate policy generated by the policy generator, toobtain a second candidate AI model; the evaluator is further configuredto: invoke the simulator component of the running platform to run thesecond candidate AI model generated by the AI model generator, to obtaina second running parameter; and determine whether the second runningparameter matches the parameter requirement information, wherein thesimulator component of the running platform is one of a plurality ofsimulator components; and the code generator is further configured to:if the evaluator determines that the second running parameter matchesthe parameter requirement information, generate, based on the secondcandidate AI model generated by the AI model generator, model coderunnable on the running platform.